Dom Sportova

Dom Sportova is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Zagreb, Croatia. The venue was built in 1972 on Trešnjevka, in the western part of the city. It has 32,000 m² of floorspace, and it features six halls. The seating capacity of the biggest two is 5,000 and 3,100.[1] It is used for basketball, handball, volleyball, ice hockey, gymnastics, tennis, as well as concerts.

Dom Sportova
AddressTrg Krešimira Ćosića 11
LocationTrešnjevka, Zagreb, Croatia
CapacityIce-hockey: 5,000[1]
Handball: 3,500
Basketball: 3,100
SurfaceIce
parquet
Construction
Built1972
Opened17 June 1972 (1972-06-17)
Tenants
KHL Medveščak
RK Zagreb
Beijing Sport University
Dom sportova, KHL Medveščak Zagreb - Graz 99ers, 3 January 2010

It is the venue for the PBZ Zagreb Indoors men's tennis tournament. It also hosted the final tournament of EuroBasket 1989,[2] in which the home team of Yugoslavia won the gold medal, the 2000 European Men's Handball Championship, the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship, the 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship and the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships.

Concerts

In 40 years the venue hosted many foreign and domestic concerts from celebrated artists, some of them include:

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See also

References
  1. "Ustanova Upravljanje sportskim objektima - Dvorane Doma sportova". Sportskiobjekti.hr. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. "Drazen Petrovic - Drazen Petrovic Book". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
Preceded by
Peace and Friendship Stadium
Athens		 FIBA EuroBasket
Final Venue
1989		 Succeeded by
PalaEur
Rome
Preceded by
PalaOnda
Bolzano		 European Men's Handball Championship
Final Venue
2000		 Succeeded by
Ericsson Globe
Stockholm

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