Palais des Sports de Gerland is an indoor sporting arena located in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

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. The

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of the arena is 5,910 people.

History

It was the venue of the

Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon The Open Sud de France (formerly known as the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des ...

tournament. The arena was the regular home venue of

ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne ASVEL Basket, commonly known as ASVEL or sometimes as ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, and also known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon ...

for European Champions cup games in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for which it had a maximum capacity for 10,000 spectators.The Club Scene: Asvel Basket
/ref> The arena also hosted the 1968 European Champions cup final in

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, in which

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defeated Spartak Brno 98-95Champions Cup 1967-68
/ref> in front of 8,000 spectators. The venue also saw

defeat the

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in the

1991 Davis Cup The 1991 Davis Cup (also known as the 1991 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 80th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 88 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the Wor ...

final. The arena hosted the last

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final in 2002, in which

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won the trophy.Saporta Cup 2001-02
/ref> In 2006 hosted the 2006 European Figure Skating Championships.

References

External links

City of Lyon website
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History

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