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PalaDozza is an indoor sporting arena located at Piazza Azzarita Manfredi 8, in
Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different na ...
,
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. It was named after
Giuseppe Dozza Giuseppe Dozza (29 November 1901 – 28 December 1974) was an Italian politician, the first Mayor of Bologna after the end of World War II. Biography The resistance One of the founders of the Communist Party of Italy, Dozza was immediately p ...
, the long-time communist mayor of Bologna, who served from 1945 to 1966. In Italy, the arena is frequently nicknamed ''Il Madison'', after Madison Square Garden. The
seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile tha ...
of the arena for
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games is 5,721 people. It is currently home to the Virtus and Fortitudo Bologna professional basketball teams.


History

The arena was inaugurated in 1956. The arena hosted the FIBA European Champions Cup's 1965–66 season's Final Four, in which the Italian club
Simmenthal Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...
, won the competition. It was played in front of an 8,000 capacity crowd.
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's first live show with
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was performed here in October of 1981.


See also

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List of indoor arenas in Italy The following is a list of indoor arenas in Italy with capacity for at least 4,000 spectators. Most of the arenas in this list are multi-purpose venues, used for individual sports, team sport as well as cultural and political events. Currently i ...


References


External links


Official website

PalaDozza.org Video of the Arena BolognaWelcome.com PalaDozza
Basketball venues in Italy Indoor arenas in Italy Sports venues in Bologna Virtus Bologna {{Italy-sports-venue-stub