Fernando Buesa Arena is an indoor sports arena in

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. It is primarily used for

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and is the home arena of

Saski Baskonia Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D commonly known as Saski Baskonia () and also simply as Baskonia, is a professional basketball team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLea ...

History

The history and evolution of this sports enclosure has been closely tied to its main user, the basketball team

of the League ACB. The arena's

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, 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.ACB.com Caja Laboral Saski-Baskonia S.A.D. Fernando Buesa Arena (9.900 espectadores) (Spanish).
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on 3 January 2016, with 15,544 spectators.

Major events

The arena hosted the 1996 European Cup Final, in which local Saski Baskonia won the title and also hosted the

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EuroCup Finals.Eurocupbasketball.com - An arena that grows with basketball's popularity.
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(Spanish Cup) was played four times at Buesa Arena (

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and

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).Eurocup'96
On 9 April 2012, at the game of Caja Laboral against

, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the record of attendance in a basketball game of the Spanish

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with 15,504 spectators. The arena has hosted the Euskalgym since 2014, which is one of the biggest and greatest rhythmic gymnastics gala events in the world. On 3 January 2016, at the game of Laboral Kutxa against

, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the new record of attendance in a basketball game of

with 15,544 spectators. It hosted the

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, registering an average attendance of 13,239 spectators in the four hosted games.

Attendances

This is a list of league and EuroLeague games attendances of Baskonia at Fernando Buesa Arena since the last expansion was completed.

References

External links

Fernando Buesa Arena Official Website2011-2012 Expansion Report
{{Liga ACB venues Indoor arenas in Spain Saski Baskonia Basketball venues in Spain Sports venues in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Buildings and structures in Vitoria-Gasteiz Sports venues completed in 1991 1991 establishments in Spain

History

Major events

Attendances

See also

References

External links