Palace of Youth and Sports (; ), formerly named Boro and Ramiz (; ), is a multi-purpose hall located in

Pristina Pristina or Prishtina ( , ), . is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and District of Pristina, district. In antiquity, the area of Pristina was part of the Dardanian Kingdo ...

Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...

. It includes two

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s, the larger of which had a capacity of 8,000 spectators but is currently out of use, and the smaller in-use with a capacity of 2,800 spectators. It also includes a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term ''mall'' originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, i ...

, indoor parking, two

convention hall Convention Hall was a convention center in Kansas City, Missouri that hosted the 1900 Democratic National Convention and 1928 Republican National Convention. Construction, burning, and reconstruction It was designed by Frederick E. Hill and b ...

s and a

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. The building in its entirety measures over .

History

In 1975, a referendum was held, and citizens of

, then capital of the

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, voted in favor of building a large hall. The complex was finished in 1977. It was originally named "Boro and Ramiz", after Boro Vukmirović and

Ramiz Sadiku Ramiz Sadiku ( ; ; 19 January 1915 – 10 April 1943) was an Albanian law student and one of the organizers of the anti-fascist uprising in Kosovo.''Narodni heroji Jugoslavije''. Belgrade: Mladost, 1975 He was posthumously awarded the Order of th ...

, two

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s and People's heroes of Yugoslavia. Vukmirović was a

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, while Sadiku was an

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, therefore named so to symbolize

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between Serbs and Albanians. The building was heavily damaged in a fire on 25 February 2000. It was partially renovated, but the larger arena and the convention hall are still out of use. In January 2014, interior renovations totaling 115,000 euros were completed. Further renovations worth 200,000 euros were carried out in 2023 in the smaller arena, in order to bring the floors, baskets and chairs up to

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standards. The larger arena is expected to be renovated in time for hosting the

2030 Mediterranean Games The 2030 Mediterranean Games (; ), officially known as the XXI Mediterranean Games, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to be held from 24 July to 4 August 2030 in Pristina, Kosovo. Bidding process The Internat ...

. The ownership of the building is disputed between the Municipality of Pristina and the Kosovo Privatization Agency. The Palace of Youth and Sports is expected to be a venue for the

which is to be hosted by Kosovo.

Building

The smaller arena is mostly used for basketball by

KB Prishtina Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina ( English: ''Basketball Club Prishtina''), officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina. The team currently competes in the Kosovo Sup ...

. In April 2014, it hosted the Final Four of the Balkan Basketball League. The arena is also used for

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, numerous other sporting competitions, various concerts, exhibitions, fairs, conventions, and congresses. The larger arena is currently out of use due to a fire in 2000 and is now used as an indoor car park. Commentators and fans have called for the "Greater Coliseum" to be renovated and used for KB Pristina's home games. The shopping center has a series of services such as a joint parking lot, 6D cinema, wellness center, numerous restaurants, cafes, and stores. The

Newborn monument The Newborn Monument (NEWBORN) is a typographic sculpture and tourist attraction in Pristina, Kosovo. Located in front of the Palace of Youth and Sports, the monument was unveiled on 17 February 2008, the day that Kosovo formally 2008 Kosovo decl ...

is located in front of the building. The Prishtina Observatory is located in the building complex.

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* * {{Pristina Buildings and structures in Pristina Sports venues in Kosovo Indoor arenas in Kosovo Basketball venues in Kosovo Buildings and structures completed in 1977

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