Basket-Hall Krasnodar, or Baskethall-Krasnodar, () is a multi-purpose
indoor arena
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that is located in
Krasnodar
Krasnodar, formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern Russia, with a population of 1,154,885 residents, and up to 1.263 millio ...
,
Russia
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. The arena is mainly used to host
basketball
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games. The arena contains two basketball halls. The large main hall seats 7,500, and the smaller hall, which is used for training, seats 500. The large main hall also includes an amphitheater section.
History
Basket-Hall Krasnodar opened in 2011. It has been used as the regular home arena of the Russian
VTB United League
The VTB United League () is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2009. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian ...
club
Lokomotiv Kuban
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban () is a Russian professional basketball team based in Krasnodar. It participates in the VTB United League.
Their honour list includes a EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup championship in the 2012–13 season, and two Russian Basketb ...
.
The arena was renovated in 2017.
See also
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List of indoor arenas in Russia
The following is a list of indoor arenas in Russia with capacity of at least 4,000 spectators. Most of the arenas in this list are for multi use proposes such as individual sports, team sports as well as cultural and political events.
Curren ...
References
External links
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Basketball venues in Russia
Boxing venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban
Buildings and structures in Krasnodar
Sport in Krasnodar
2011 establishments in Russia
Sports venues completed in 2011
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