The Apollohal is an indoor sports hall located in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
, Netherlands. Built in 1934 as a tennis hall, the complex was later designated for expositions and ice skating. Since it was renovated in 2004–2005, it has mainly been used as
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
hall. It is the current home arena of
Apollo Amsterdam, a professional team that plays in the
Dutch Basketball League (DBL). It was also used by the
Amsterdam Astronauts when it was the premier basketball team in the city.
Since 2004, the building is a ''
Rijksmonument'' and is on the Dutch
national heritage site
A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage regis ...
list.
References
{{Dutch Basketball League
Basketball venues in the Netherlands
Sports venues in Amsterdam
Buildings and structures in Amsterdam