Unipol Arena (previously known as Futurshow Station, PalaMalaguti and originally Palasport Casalecchio) is an indoor sporting arena located in

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. The seating capacity of the arena for

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games is 11,000 people, and the seating capacity for

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is 20,000 people. It was opened in December 1993. It was home to the

Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...

basketball team from 1996 to 2017. It is served by

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History

During the year 2008, the arena had restyling works, which included a new museum dedicated to Virtus' history, four new JumboTrons, new white seats and black stairs, and new white parquet. In October 2011, the arena changed its name to the current Unipol Arena, in a name sponsorship marketing deal, which was scheduled to last through 2016.Virtus nell'arena Unipol
In summer 2016, the capacity of the arena for basketball games increased from 8,650 up to 11,000. Other museums were also built, one dedicated to Futurshow, and one dedicated to

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* 1993 establishments in Italy Basketball venues in Italy Indoor arenas in Italy Sports venues completed in 1993 Sports venues in Bologna Virtus Bologna {{Italy-sports-venue-stub

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