Jane Sandanski Arena ( or ) is an indoor sports arena located in the
Aerodrom Municipality of
Skopje
Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...
, North Macedonia. It has a capacity of 6,000. It is named after the revolutionary
Jane Sandanski.
History
On 18 November 2012, it was announced that the arena would be completely demolished, with a new arena called Sports Centre Jane Sandanski planned to be built in its place.
On 14 February 2013, MZT Aerodrom held their last training in Jane Sandanski, with more than a thousand fans attending. The following day the arena was officially closed and demolished.
It was rebuilt and reopened in August 2014, financed by the Russian businessman
Sergey Samsonenko, built alongside the four-star hotel "Russia". In September 2015, the west and east stands were upgraded by 650 seats and south and north stands upgraded with 500 seats. Now the arena is the home ground of
MZT Skopje Aerodrom
MZT Skopje Aerodrom () is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capacity, the matches in the ABA League an ...
,
RK Vardar
RK Vardar 1961 () is a professional handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Vardar is the most successful handball team in the country, having won 15-fifteen national Macedonian Handball Super League, League titles and 17-seventeen ...
and
WHC Vardar.
Hotel and spa
Sandanski Arena is a super modern sports center. The sports complex includes a 4-star hotel with a spa center, swimming pool and a sky bar. Tennis courts, fitness center and clubs headquarters are within the sports complex. Sports Centre Jane Sandanski also has an aerobics center, tennis and table tennis courts, playground for children and exclusive HUMMEL sports store and fan shop.
See also
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List of indoor arenas in North Macedonia
References
External links
Official website in Macedonian and English
Indoor arenas in North Macedonia
Multi-purpose stadiums in North Macedonia
RK Vardar
Yugoslav Macedonian architecture
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