Pala alpitour
| Pala alpitour | |
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| Interior view during the Olympic Games | |
| Earlier names | |
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Palasport Olimpico (2005-2014) |
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| Data | |
| place |
 Turin , Italy
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 2 '30 " N , 7 ° 39' 8" E |
| owner | City of Turin |
| opening | December 13, 2005 |
| surface |
Concrete parquet ice surface |
| costs | 90 million euros |
| architect |
Arata Isozaki Pier Paolo Maggiora Marco Brizio |
| capacity | 12,350 seats (ice hockey) 16,600 seats (basketball) 15,657 seats (central stage) |
| playing area | variable |
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The Pala Alpitour (until 2014 Palasport Olimpico ) is a multi-purpose hall in the northern Italian city Turin , Region Piedmont . It is located in the southern district of Santa Rita, between Corso Sebastopoli and Via Filadelfia, right next to the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino (formerly: Stadio Comunale ) and the Torino Esposizioni exhibition center .
History and use
The hall, which opened in November 2005, was designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and the Italian architect Pier Paolo Maggiora . The construction costs amounted to 90 million euros . It has a maximum of 12,232 seats. Thanks to mobile partition walls, the hall can be divided into units of any size. During the 2006 Winter Olympics , around half of the games in the two ice hockey tournaments were played here (21 of 38 men's games and 10 of 20 women's games). In addition to the main playing field, there is also a second playing field for training.
Since the end of the Olympic Games, the facility has been used as a multifunctional hall ( ice rink , indoor sports, trade fairs, congresses, exhibitions and other major events) and is the largest hall of its kind in Italy with a maximum capacity of 15,567 spectators. From 2021 to 2025 the ATP Finals , the tournament of the world's eight best tennis professionals, are to be held in the Pala alpitour.
Web links
- palaalpitour.it: Official website (Italian)
- hockeyarenas.net: Palasport Olimpico
- setlist.fm: concert list of the Palasport Olimpico and the Pala alpitour (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Euroleague Final Four bound for Turin, Italy in 2011!
- ↑ 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3, pp. 74-75.
- ↑ Il PalaAlpitour è l'arena più grande d'Italia. In: lastampa.it . June 16, 2015, accessed September 16, 2015 (Italian).
- ↑ ATP Finals from 2021 in Turin. Swiss Radio and Television , April 24, 2019, accessed on April 24, 2019 .
Competition venues for the 2006 Winter Olympics
