Dakar Arena
{{Short description|Indoor arena in Senegal}}
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| caption = The Dakar Arena during the 2023 BAL season
| location = Dakar, Senegal
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| broke_ground = 9 May 2016
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| opened = 8 August 2018
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| surface = Parquet floor
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| architect = Summa International Construction
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| capacity = 15,000[http://www.fiba.basketball/womensafrobasket/2019/discover-dakar 2019 Women's Afrobasket]
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| tenants = Senegal national basketball team
Senegal women's national basketball team
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The Dakar Arena (nicknamed Palais des sports de Diamniadio) is an indoor sports arena located in Diamniadio, Senegal. Built between 2016 and 2018, it is primarily used for basketball games, and it is the home arena of the Senegal national basketball team and the Senegal women's national basketball team. The arena has a seating capacity of 15,000 people.
It is one of Africa's newest basketball arenas.{{cite news |title= Getting to know Africa's flashy basketball arenas|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/getting-to-know-africas-flashy-basketball-arenas |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=FIBA |date=2 September 2019}}
History
President Macky Sall promised to build a new basketball arena, after Senegal won the AfroBasket Women 2015. The objective was to replace the Marius Ndiaye Stadium as the home arena for both men and women basketball teams in Senegal.{{cite web|url=http://www.enqueteplus.com/content/infrastructures-pose-premiere-pierre-palais-des-sports-macky-sall-accomplit-le-premier-acte|date=10 May 2016|language=fr|title=Macky Sall accomplit le premier acte de sa promesse|publisher=enqueteplus.com}}
The Dakar Arena was broke down on 9 May 2016, by President Macky Sall, Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne and many basketball players.{{cite web|url=https://news.sen360.sn/actualite/complexe-pose-de-la-premiere-pierre-du-palais-des-sports-a-diamniadio-macky-sall-donne-les-premiers-coups-de-pelle-du-dakar-arena-487271.html|publisher=news.sen360.sn|title=Complexe - Pose de la première pierre du Palais des Sports à Diamniadio : Macky Sall donne les premiers coups de pelle du "Dakar Aréna"|date=10 May 2016|language=fr|access-date=6 August 2019|archive-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025434/https://news.sen360.sn/actualite/complexe-pose-de-la-premiere-pierre-du-palais-des-sports-a-diamniadio-macky-sall-donne-les-premiers-coups-de-pelle-du-dakar-arena-487271.html|url-status=dead}}
On 8 August 2018, the Dakar Arena was inaugurated by Macky Sall.{{cite web|url=https://www.laviesenegalaise.com/diamniadio-macky-sall-a-coupe-le-ruban-inaugural-du-nouveau-palais-des-sports-dakar-arena|publisher=laviesenegalaise.com|date=8 August 2018|title=Diamniadio – Macky Sall a coupé le ruban inaugural du nouveau palais des Sports "Dakar aréna"|language=fr}}
It hosted all matches of the 2019 Women's Afrobasket. The final took place in front of a capacity crowd of 15,000.https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/womensafrobasket-2019-news-new-record-as-arena-dakar-register-biggest-crowd-in-african-basketball-history
The Dakar Arena was the venue of the Sahara Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
See also
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External links
{{Indoor arenas in Africa}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Dakar
Category:Venues of the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics
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