Fernando Buesa Arena













































Fernando Buesa Arena
Buesa Arena
Vitoria - Buesa Arena 01.jpg
Former names Pabellón Araba (1991–2000)[1]
Location Torre 12 01013
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba, Spain
Coordinates
42°51′51.97″N 2°38′28.22″W / 42.8644361°N 2.6411722°W / 42.8644361; -2.6411722Coordinates: 42°51′51.97″N 2°38′28.22″W / 42.8644361°N 2.6411722°W / 42.8644361; -2.6411722
Owner Diputación Foral de Álava
Capacity
Basketball:
15,716 [2]
Boxing / Martial arts:
16,164 [2]
Record attendance 15,544 (Baskonia vs Real Madrid, 3 January 2016)
Construction
Opened 1991[3]
Expanded 2012
Tenants

Saski Baskonia (1991–present)

Fernando Buesa Arena is an indoor sports arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Saski Baskonia.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Major events


  • 3 Attendances


  • 4 Gallery


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





History


The history and evolution of this sports enclosure has been closely tied to its main user, the basketball team Saski Baskonia of the League ACB.


The arena's seating capacity, for basketball, is up to 15,504 people. Works to increase the arena's seating capacity from 9,923 to 15,504 people began in March 2011, and finished in April 2012.[4][5][6]


Buesa Arena again beat the record of attendance against Real Madrid on 3 January 2016, with 15,544 spectatos.[7]



Major events


The arena hosted the 1996 FIBA Saporta Cup Final, in which local Saski Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 EuroCup Finals.[8]


The Final Eight of the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) was played four times at Buesa Arena (2000, 2002, 2008 and 2013).[9]


On 9 April 2012, at the game of Caja Laboral against Real Madrid, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the record of attendance in a basketball game of the Spanish Liga ACB with 15,504 spectators.[10]


The arena has hosted the Euskalgym since 2014, which is one of the biggest and greatest rhythmic gymnastics gala events in the world.


On 3 January 2016, at the game of Laboral Kutxa against Real Madrid, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the new record of attendance in a basketball game of Liga ACB with 15,544 spectators.[11]



Attendances


This is a list of league and EuroLeague games attendances of Baskonia at Fernando Buesa Arena since the last expansion was completed.





































































































Liga ACB
EuroLeague
Season

Total

High

Low

Average
Season

Total

High

Low

Average

2011–12[a]
94,038 15,504 10,512
13,434
2011–12
All games played at Iradier Arena
2012–13 189,449 14,381 7,143
9,971
2012–13 168,416 15,068 9,936
12,030
2013–14 165,412 14,623 6,824
9,190
2013–14 128,106 14,196 8,246
10,676
2014–15 160,517 11,246 7,812
8,918
2014–15 117,882 12,619 7,689
9,824
2015–16 208,276 15,544 6,729
9,918
2015–16 153,265 13,964 8,366
10,948
2016–17 195,169 14,316 7,382
9,758
2016–17 186,133 14,875 9,437
11,633
2017–18 224,265 15,512 8,102
10,194
2017–18 192,959 14,923 9,196
11,351




  1. ^ Only seven games played since the expansion was completed.




Gallery




References





  1. ^ El Pabellón Araba pasa a llamarse Fernando Buesa Arena


  2. ^ ab "Sports Competitions". buesa-arena.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Fernando Buesa Arena Archived 2009-05-30 at the Wayback Machine.


  4. ^ ACB.com Caja Laboral Saski-Baskonia S.A.D. Fernando Buesa Arena (9.900 espectadores) (Spanish).


  5. ^ elcorreo.com El Buesa Arena se reforma para alcanzar las 15.000 localidades


  6. ^ as.com Vitoria estrena a lo grande el Buesa Arena


  7. ^ "Baskonia-Real Madrid set a new record for Liga Endesa with 15.544 spectators". Sportando. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.


  8. ^ Eurocupbasketball.com - An arena that grows with basketball's popularity.


  9. ^ Eurocup'96 Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine.


  10. ^ ¡15.504 espectadores! El Buesa Arena establece un nuevo récord de asistencia


  11. ^ "Récord histórico de público en Liga Endesa: 15,544 espectadores en el Buesa". acb.com (in Spanish). 3 January 2016.




External links



  • Fernando Buesa Arena Official Website

  • 2011-2012 Expansion Report













Preceded by
Abdi İpekçi Arena
Istanbul


European Cup
Final Venue

1996
Succeeded by
Eleftheria Indoor Hall
Nicosia

Preceded by
PalaVela
Turin


Eurocup
Final Venue

2010
Succeeded by
Palaverde
Treviso









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