Palais des Sports de Pau
Location | Pau, France |
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Coordinates | 43°20′4″N 0°21′45″W / 43.33444°N 0.36250°WCoordinates: 43°20′4″N 0°21′45″W / 43.33444°N 0.36250°W |
Capacity | 7,707 (basketball) |
Construction | |
Opened | 1991 |
Construction cost | FRF 78 million (€12 million euros, excluding tax) |
Architect | , |
Tenants | |
Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (basketball) |
The Palais des Sports de Pau is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Pau, France. The seating capacity of the arena for basketball games is 7,707 people, and the arena also includes a 500 capacity in private lodge areas.
History[]
Palais des Sports de Pau has been used as the home arena of the Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez French professional basketball team, since it opened in 1991. It has also frequently hosted games of the senior men's French national basketball team. It is the largest basketball-specific arena in France.
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Categories:
- Indoor arenas in France
- Basketball venues in France
- Buildings and structures in Pau
- Sport in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Sports venues in Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Sports venues completed in 1991
- French sports venue stubs