PalaSharp is an indoor arena, located in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

, Italy

Italy

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. The seating capacity

Seating capacity

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 is for 8,479 people and it hosts concerts and indoor sporting events.

The arena hosted the 1987 Basketball Intercontinental Cup

Intercontinental Cup (basketball)

The World Cup for Champion Clubs, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup, was a basketball competition endorsed by FIBA to gather the best clubs from the federations affiliated to FIBA and to officially decide the best club of the world, contended mainly by the continents of higher...

 in which local Philips Milano

Olimpia Milano

Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...

 defeated FC Barcelona and won the competition.

In 2011 the arena will be demolished.

Naming right history

When opened in 1986, it was named after Nicola Trussardi

Nicola Trussardi

Nicola Trussardi was an Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur.-Career:Trussardi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy....

, a local fashion designer and entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

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Other naming rights deals included computer company Vobis (1996–2002), Automobile emissions control

Automobile emissions control

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 company Tucker

Tucker

-People:First name *Tucker Carlson, former television host*Tucker Max, Internet personality, author*Tucker Martine, drummer and record producer*Tucker Smith, actor, dancer and singerSurname *Tucker *Albert W...

 and Mazda

Mazda

is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...

 automotive manufacturer

Automaker

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The arena is currently with agreement with Sharp

Sharp Corporation

is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. Headquartered in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Sharp employs more than 55,580 people worldwide as of June 2011. The company was founded in September 1912 and takes its name from one of its founder's first...

 electronics corporation, in effect since 2007.

External links

• Official Site