Královka Arena or Královka sports Hall () is multipurpose hall located in

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, near to the

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. Sports and cultural events are held there. It has capacity for maximum 2500 people, 1300 without additional tribune. It can host sports as

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. In this complex, training ground with capacity of 200 people is included. Since 2014, it is home to women basketball team

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and VŠ Praha.

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also plays its major international matches in this arena.

History

This arena in Pod Královskou oborou street was built in 1965, by the Czech architect Cyril Mandel. The first reconstruction started in 1985 and ended five years later. Next reconstruction took place in 2004. In 2010, Prague bought this arena for 116 million

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s. Since 2011, the hall is rented by company Sportovní areál Praha. Between 2011 and 2014, another reconstruction took place, at a cost of 240 million Czech crowns.

Events

* 2015 EuroLeague Women final * 2023 EuroLeague Women final *

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(one of the three locations, others were O2 Arena Prague and Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Group Phase and Qualification for quarter-finals were held here)

External links

Official website
(in Czech) {{EuroBasket Women 2017 Sports venues completed in 1965 Sports venues in Prague Basketball venues in the Czech Republic Indoor arenas in the Czech Republic 1965 establishments in Czechoslovakia 20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic