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. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people for

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and

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games.

History

The arena was used for some of the preliminary games of the

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. In December 2011, it was one of the venues of the

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. The arena also hosted the 2013 edition of the Intercontinental Basketball Cup. The arena has hosted two

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events, UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields on October 9, 2013, and UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway on December 20, 2014. In May 2018, it hosted the 3 games of the preliminary round of the inaugural edition of the

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