PalaLeonessa
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Full name | PalaLeonessa Sport & Events |
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Former names | PalaEIB |
Address | Via Caprera 5 25125 Brescia BS, Lombardy Italy |
Location | Brescia |
Coordinates | 45°31′38″N 10°10′29″E / 45.52722°N 10.17472°E |
Owner | City of Brescia |
Operator | Centro Sportivo S.Filippo SpA |
Capacity | 5,200 |
Construction | |
Opened | 21 May 1967 |
Renovated | 2017–2018 |
Construction cost | €6,8 Million |
Architect | Eliseo Papa[1] |
Tenants | |
Brescia Leonessa (LBA, EuroCup) (2018–present) |
The PalaLeonessa (originally the PalaEIB) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Brescia, Italy. The arena has a seating capacity of 5,200[2] and is primarily used for basketball. The venue is the home ground of the Italian League professional basketball team Germani Basket Brescia.
On 18 June 2018 the new logo of the arena was revealed at Brescia City Hall with the Mayor of the city, Emilio Del Bono, and Graziella Bragaglio, president of the club.[3]
Sports
[edit]The arena hosted the 2018 Italian Basketball Supercup on 29 and 30 September 2018.[4]
Since September 2018 the PalaLeonessa has been home arena for the basketball club Germani Basket Brescia in LBA and EuroCup matches.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "La Germani Basket Brescia presente all'Open Day del PalaLeonessa" [Germani Basket Brescia at the Open Day in PalaLeonessa]. basketinside.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Il PalaLeonessa prende forma: il viaggio nel nuovo palazzetto" [PalaLeonessa is growing: the trip inside the new arena]. giornaledibrescia.it (in Italian). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Tolti i veli al logo del PalaLeonessa" [New logo of PalaLeonessa revealed]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "Egidio Bianchi: La Supercoppa sarà al PalaLeonessa a settembre" [Egidio Bianchi: PalaLeonessa will host the Supercup in September]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Ecco il PalaLeonessa, nuova casa della Germani" [New PalaLeonessa, new home for Germani]. bresciaoggi.it (in Italian). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.