Kalnapilio Arena, formerly Cido Arena, is the largest multifunctional

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Panevėžys Panevėžys (; Latin: ''Panevezen''; pl, Poniewież; yi, פּאָנעװעזש, ''Ponevezh''; see also other names) is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2011, it occupied with 113,653 inhabitants. As defined by Eurostat, the population ...

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. It generally hosts

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events, as well as

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games and concerts. The basketball club

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, which currently competes in the domestic LKL league, uses the facility for all of its LKL home fixtures. It was opened on October 24, 2008. It replaced Sports Palace Aukštaitija as the home of BC Lietkabelis. The arena boasts an indoor 250 m long Olympic cycling track, the only one in the

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. The arena hosted the FIBA EuroBasket 2011 Group A matches and the

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. In 2021 Velodrome hosted the second stage of inaugural 2021 UCI Track Champions League.

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