Tbilisi Sport Palace ( ka, თბილისის სპორტის სასახლე) is an indoor sports arena situated in

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. The arena usually hosts

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and other games and tournaments with high attendance.

History

Built in 1961, the arena was used primely for the basketball games of local

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and is still the largest basketball designed arena in all of the former

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successor states. The construction was led by architects Vladimir Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Yuri Kasradze, Temo Japaridze and designer David Kajaia. The dome, constructed of reinforced concrete, is around 76 meters in diameter, making it one of the largest domes in Europe at the time of its construction. The arena was renovated in 2007 and was reopened on 22 August 2007, with management rights given to the Logic Group Ltd for a 30-year contract. This was the first phase of renovation and reconstruction, with the second phase including changing the roof of the building and installing new individual seats. Total cost of the renovation is estimated at 5 million

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. In November 2024, it was announced that the arena was to undergo another significant renovation in order to modernise the facilities.

Concerts

Tbilisi Sports Palace is one of the greatest arena for concerts in

. Many international and national acts have performed here. *

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(1990, sold out 5 gigs here in row) *

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Lela Tsurtsumia Lela Tsurtsumia ( ka, ლელა წურწუმია) (born 12 February 1969) is a Georgian singer and actress. Born and raised in Tbilisi, she graduated from Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University. She sings in Georgian, Megreli ...

- Lela is Georgian pop-singer, who held the record of attendance in Tbilisi Sports Palace. Though the arena holds approximately 11,000 people,

sold out 18,000 tickets for 1 concert, on 22 May 2002. (about 25,000 people were waiting for the tickets) Other sold-out concerts were by Georgian rapper Lex-Seni and Georgian pop-group Kuchis Bichebi. (about 15,000 people) The venue was to host the

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on 26 November 2017. However the venue was later changed to the 4,000-capacity

Olympic Palace Olympic Palace ( ka, ოლიმპიური სასახლე, tr) is an Indoor arena, indoor sports arena situated in Tbilisi, Georgia (country), Georgia, which was built to be used as one of the venues for the 2015 European Youth Summer ...

which was considered more suitable for hosting the contest.

References

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* Buildings and structures in Tbilisi Sports venues completed in 1961 Basketball venues in Georgia (country) Handball venues in Georgia (country) Indoor arenas in Georgia (country) Sports venues in Tbilisi Boxing venues in Georgia (country) {{Georgia-sports-venue-stub