Land Rover Arena is an indoor sporting arena located at Piazza Azzarita Manfredi 8, in Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

, Italy

Italy

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. The seating capacity

Seating capacity

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 of the arena is fit to host 5,721 people and was inaugurated in 1956. It is currently home to the Fortitudo Bologna

Fortitudo Bologna

Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna is an Legadue Basket professional basketball club that is based in Bologna. It's currently sponsored by Conad.-History:...

 basketball

Basketball

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 team. In Italy, it is frequently nicknamed Il Madison, after Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

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The arena hosted the 1966

FIBA European Champions Cup 1965-66

The 1965-66 and ninth season of the FIBA European Champions Cup was won by Simmenthal Milano for the First time in its history, the first of three total wins....

 FIBA Champions Cup

Suproleague

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 Final Four

Final four

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, in which Italian Simmenthal Milano won the competition, in front of an 8,000 capacity crowd.

Land Rover Arena was previously known as PalaDozza in honor of the former mayor of Bologna, prior to a naming rights agreement with British

United Kingdom

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 automaker

Automaker

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 Land Rover

Land Rover

Land Rover is a British car manufacturer with its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom which specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles. It is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover group...

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