Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall, or Maroussi Agios Thomas Indoor Hall (alternate spelling: Marousi), is an indoor sporting arena that is located in

Marousi Marousi or Maroussi (), also known as Amarousio (), is a city and a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens#Athens Urban Area, Athens urban area, Greece. Marousi dates back to the era of the History of Athens, ancient Athenian Republic; its ...

, Greece. The arena is only about away from the

Athens Olympic Sports Complex The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens Spiros Louis (, ''Olympiakó Athlitikó Kéntro Athinón "Spýros Loúis"'') or OACA (OAKA)), is a sport facilities complex located at Marousi, in the north section of the city. The complex consists of fi ...

, which is also known as the OAKA, and the

Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall OAKA Basketball Arena, previously known as Olympic Indoor Hall of O.A.C.A., is a part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Spyros Louis Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (). It was completed in 1994 and is the largest indoor venue in Greece. It ...

. The arena is primarily used to host

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games. The indoor hall is owned by the municipality of Maroussi. The

seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ...

of the indoor basketball arena is 1,700 people.

History

The arena was opened in the year 1998, when the Greek basketball club,

Maroussi Marousi or Maroussi (), also known as Amarousio (), is a city and a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens urban area, Greece. Marousi dates back to the era of the ancient Athenian Republic; its ancient name was '' Athmonon'' () and it r ...

, was most recently promoted to the top-tier level

Greek Basket League The Greek Basketball League (GBL), and also known as the Stoiximan Greek Basketball League (GBL) for sponsorship reasons, is the Greek basketball league system, first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the ...

. It has been the home arena of Maroussi since then. The arena was renovated in 2017.Το Μαρούσι ευχαρίστησε τον Δήμαρχο για την αλλαγή παρκέ στο γήπεδό του .
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