TEI Indoor Sports Hall

TEI Indoor Sports Hall
Indoor Sports Hall Markos Karanastasis
Location	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Owner	Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete
Capacity	Basketball: 2,400
Surface	Parquet
Construction
Broke ground	1999
Opened	2004
Construction cost	€5.5 million euros (2004)

TEI Indoor Sports Hall, or Indoor Sports Hall Markos Karanastasis, is an indoor arena that is located in the city of Heraklion, on the island of Crete, in Greece. It is located at the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete. The arena is mainly used to host basketball games.

The seating capacity of the arena for basketball games is 2,400.^[1] The sports complex also includes locker rooms for players and coaches, administration offices, a conference room for the media and press, a medical examination room, a fitness and training facility with equipment, a 500-seat theater, and a restaurant.

History[]

Construction work on TEI Indoor Sports Hall began in 1999, and it was completed in the year 2004. The arena hosted the Women's FIBA Diamond Ball tournament in 2004.^[2] The arena also hosted the 2009 European Universities Basketball Championships.

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[1] The Technological Institute Sports Hall “Markos Karanastasis”.

[2] “Διαμάντια” στο κλειστό του ΤΕΙ ΑΡΧΙΖΕΙ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΤΟ ΔΙΗΠΕΙΡΩΤΙΚΟ ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΦΙΛΑΘΛΟΙ ΔΕΝ ΠΡΕΠΕΙ ΝΑ ΧΑΣΟΥΝ ΤΗΝ ΕΥΚΑΙΡΙΑ (in Greek).

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