Karşıyaka Arena
sports hall in İzmir, Turkey
Karşıyaka Arena (also known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sport Hall) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in İzmir, Turkey. It was opened in 2005. It is owned and run by Karşıyaka SK. The 6,500 seating capacity arena is used mostly to host basketball and volleyball games, as well as concerts and events.
The arena also features a VIP lounge area with seating for 90, an additional practice training hall that seats 500 people, a weight training room, fitness and aerobics facilities, a conference room that holds 100 people, a media room for the press, a medical room, locker room facilities, 20 athlete guesthouses, cafeterias, administrative offices, a sports bar, and 800 parking spaces.
History
Karşıyaka Arena was built for the 2005 Summer Universiade, where it hosted the basketball and volleyball competitions. The arena was used to host the EuroChallenge 2012–13 season's Final Four tournament, where the tournament's home team, Pınar Karşıyaka, lost in the final to Krasnye Krylia.
“Karşıyaka Arena” enters the record as sports hall in İzmir, Turkey. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Karşıyaka, Arena and sports can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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