Fernando Buesa Arena
| Buesa Arena | |
 | |
| Former names | Pabellón Araba (1991–2000)[1] |
|---|---|
| Location |
Torre 12 01013 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba, Spain |
| Coordinates | 42°51′51.97″N 2°38′28.22″W / 42.8644361°N 2.6411722°WCoordinates: 42°51′51.97″N 2°38′28.22″W / 42.8644361°N 2.6411722°W |
| Owner | Diputación Foral de Álava |
| Capacity |
Basketball: 15,504 [2] Boxing / Martial arts: 16,164 [2] |
| Record attendance | 15,544 (Baskonia vs Real Madrid, 3 January 2016) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1991[3] |
| Expanded | 2012 |
| Tenants | |
| Saski Baskonia (1991–Present) | |
Fernando Buesa Arena is an indoor sports arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Saski Baskonia.
History
The history and evolution of this sports enclosure has been closely tied to its main user, the basketball team Saski Baskonia of the League ACB.
The arena's seating capacity, for basketball, is up to 15,504 people. Works to increase the arena's seating capacity from 9,923 to 15,504 people began in March 2011, and finished in April 2012.[4][5][6]
Buesa Arena again beat the record of attendance against Real Madrid on 3 January 2016, with 15,544 spectatos.[7]
Major events
The arena hosted the 1996 Saporta Cup Final, in which local Saski Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 Eurocup Finals.[8]
The Final Eight of the Copa del Rey was played four times at Buesa Arena (2000, 2002, 2008 and 2013).[9]
On 9 April 2012, at the game of Caja Laboral against Real Madrid, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the record of attendance in a basketball game of Liga ACB with 15,504 spectators.[10]
The arena has hosted the Euskalgym in 2014, which is one of the biggest and greatest rhythmic gymnastics gala events in the world and will do it once again in 2015.
On 3 January 2016, at the game of Laboral Kutxa against Real Madrid, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the new record of attendance in a basketball game of Liga ACB with 15,544 spectators.[11]
Attendances
This is a list of league and Euroleague games attendances of Baskonia at Fernando Buesa Arena since the last expansion was completed.
| Liga ACB | Euroleague | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Total | High | Low | Average | Season | Total | High | Low | Average | |
| 2011–12[12] | 94,038 | 15,504 | 10,512 | 13,434 | 2011–12 | All games played at Iradier Arena | ||||
| 2012–13 | 189,449 | 14,381 | 7,143 | 9,971 | 2012–13 | 168,416 | 15,068 | 9,936 | 12,030 | |
| 2013–14 | 165,412 | 14,623 | 6,824 | 9,190 | 2013–14 | 128,106 | 14,196 | 8,246 | 10,676 | |
| 2014–15 | 160,517 | 11,246 | 7,812 | 8,918 | 2014–15 | 117,882 | 12,619 | 7,689 | 9,824 | |
| 2015–16 | 208,276 | 15,544 | 6,729 | 9,918 | 2015–16 | 153,265 | 13,964 | 8,366 | 10,948 | |
Gallery
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Buesa Arena on 2007
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Buesa Arena at night, on 2007
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Fernando Buesa Arena, in the day of the Liga ACB record of attendance
References
- ↑ El Pabellón Araba pasa a llamarse Fernando Buesa Arena
- 1 2 "Sports Competititions". buesa-arena.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ Fernando Buesa Arena
- ↑ ACB.com Caja Laboral Saski-Baskonia S.A.D. Fernando Buesa Arena (9.900 espectadores) (Spanish).
- ↑ elcorreo.com El Buesa Arena se reforma para alcanzar las 15.000 localidades
- ↑ as.com Vitoria estrena a lo grande el Buesa Arena
- ↑ "Baskonia-Real Madrid set a new record for Liga Endesa with 15.544 spectators". Sportando. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ Eurocupbasketball.com - An arena that grows with basketball's popularity.
- ↑ Eurocup'96
- ↑ ¡15.504 espectadores! El Buesa Arena establece un nuevo récord de asistencia
- ↑ "Récord histórico de público en Liga Endesa: 15.544 espectadores en el Buesa". acb.com (in Spanish). 3 January 2016.
- ↑ Only seven games played since the expansion was completed
External links
| Preceded by Abdi İpekçi Arena Istanbul |
European Cup Final Venue 1996 |
Succeeded by Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia |
| Preceded by PalaVela Turin |
Eurocup Final Venue 2010 |
Succeeded by Palaverde Treviso |