Palais des Sports de Dijon (also known as Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy) is an
indoor sporting arena that is located in
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earlies ...
,
France
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. The arena has a
seating capacity
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of 5,000 for
basketball
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games.
History
The arena was one of the venues of the
1999 FIBA EuroBasket. It has also been used as the home venue of the
Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Bourgogne professional
basketball
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team.
Basketball venues in France
Buildings and structures in Dijon
Handball venues in France
Indoor arenas in France
Sports venues in Côte-d'Or
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