Ankara Arena

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Ankara Arena
The Ankara Arena in November 2014
The Ankara Arena in November 2014
Data
place TurkeyTurkey Ulus , Altındağ , Ankara , Turkey
Coordinates 39 ° 56 '16.8 "  N , 32 ° 50' 37.6"  E Coordinates: 39 ° 56 '16.8 "  N , 32 ° 50' 37.6"  E
owner Ankara city
start of building June 17, 2009
opening April 23, 2010
surface Concrete
floor
PVC - Flooring
costs TRY 47.1 million
architect Yazgan Tasarım Mimarlık
capacity 10,400 seats
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The Ankara Arena ( Turkish Ankara Spor Salonu ) is a multi-purpose hall in the Ulus district of the Altındağ district of the Turkish capital Ankara . As the home ground of the three basketball clubs Hacettepe Üniversitesi BK , Türk Telekomspor and TED Ankara Kolejliler SK, it replaced the nearby Ankara Ataturk Spor Salonu from 1969 with 4500 seats.

history

The Ankara Arena was built for the 2010 Basketball World Cup . The building, designed by Yazgan Tasarım Mimarlık, began on June 17, 2009 and was inaugurated on April 23, 2010. The hall with an elliptical floor area of ​​47,593  offers 10,400 seats. The total building area is 53,000 m². The glass facade is provided with horizontal, white and vertical, orange panels for sun protection. The Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı football stadium , which was demolished in 2018, was located directly to the north . Ankara train station is only a few hundred meters south . After the basketball world championship, other world and European championships followed, such as the women's basketball world championship in 2014 . In 2019 the arena will be one of four venues for the European Women's Volleyball Championship .

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Web links

Commons : Ankara Arena  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Ankara Arena Spor Salonu. In: arkiv.com.tr. Retrieved August 23, 2019 (Turkish).
  2. Ankara Arena Multi-Functional Sports Hall. In: yazgandesign.com. Retrieved on August 23, 2019 .