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Peristeri Indoor Hall Andreas Papandreou

Coordinates: 38°0′13.23″N 23°41′19.67″E / 38.0036750°N 23.6887972°E / 38.0036750; 23.6887972
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Peristeri Indoor Hall
"Andreas Papandreou"
Peristeriou
Map
LocationPeristeri, Athens, Greece
Coordinates38°0′13.23″N 23°41′19.67″E / 38.0036750°N 23.6887972°E / 38.0036750; 23.6887972
CapacityBasketball: 4,000
SurfaceParquet
Opened1989
Tenants
Peristeri
(1989-present)
Panelefsiniakos
(2012-present)

Peristeri Indoor Hall (also known as Peristeri Arena and Andreas Papandreou Arena) is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Peristeri, a western borough of Athens, Greece. The arena is named after Andreas Papandreou, the former Prime Minister of Greece, who died in 1996. It is located next to Peristeri Stadium. It is owned by the municipality of Peristeri. The seating capacity of the arena is 4,000.

History

The arena was opened in the year 1989. It has been the long-time home arena of the Greek Basket League professional basketball team Peristeri. Other basketball teams, like Panellinios (for Eurocup games) and Panelefsiniakos, have also used the arena in recent years.

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