Ivanofeio Sports Arena ( el, Ιβανώφειο Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο, ) is an indoor sports arena that is located in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

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. Its capacity is 2,500 spectators,Γήπεδο: Ιβανώφειο Χωρητικότητα: 2500 .
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club

Iraklis Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...

Location

Ivanofeio Sports Arena is located in the city centre of

, next to the campus of the

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. It can be accessed by bus lines 15, 17, and 37.

History

Ivanofeio Sports Arena opened in 1987, to host the games of

. It is owned by GS Iraklis, and was named after

Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz ( el, Γεώργιος Ιβάνωφ-Σαϊνόβιτς, ''Georgios Ivanof-Sainovits''; 14 December 1911 – 4 January 1943) was a Polish-Greek athlete who fought as a saboteur in the Greek Resistance during World War II a ...

, a

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athlete of GS Iraklis, and a member of the Greek Resistance, who was executed ιν 1943 in Athens by the Axis occupation forces. Expansion works took place in 1991, to increase the capacity from 1,300 to 2,500. Ivanofeio has hosted games of the

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, the EuroLeague, the

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, and the

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. Iraklis' fans refer to Ivanofeio as "o Naos" ( el, ο Ναός), which is Greek for "the

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". Apart from Iraklis, Ivanofeio hosted the home games of

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during the 2003–04 season. Ivanofeio also hosts non-sports activities, such as music concerts.

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References

External links

Arena Info at stadia.gr
{{A2 Ethniki Basketball venues in Greece Indoor arenas in Greece Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. Sports venues in Thessaloniki Sports venues completed in 1987

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