PalaRuffini

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| name = Palasport Ruffini

| nickname = PalaRuffini

| image = PalaRuffini di Torino 1.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| fullname = Palazzetto dello sport Parco Ruffini

| former_names = Palasport di Torino

| location = Turin, Piedmont

| coordinates = {{coord|45|3|27.87|N|7|37|56.79|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| opened = 1961[http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=5ba0bea873a8bb44fc4748d76beb32e2&hl=es PALAZZETTO DELLO SPORT PARCO RUFFINI TORINO, TURIN ITALY PALASPORT]

| renovated = 2004

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| architect = Annibale Vitellozzi

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| capacity = 4,500

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| tenants = Auxilium Torino (1974–1999, 2015–2018)
Basket Torino (2019–present)

}}

PalaRuffini, formerly known as Palasport di Torino, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Turin, Italy. It is used for basketball, volleyball, boxing, and concerts. The arena's seating capacity is 4,500 people.

History

File:Palaruffini.jpg

The arena was opened in 1961. Dalida had a sold-out concert in October 1970 as a part of her world tour. It hosted the latter stages of the EuroBasket 1979.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130127190100/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/eurobasket/1979_TURIN.htm XXI European Championship (Torino 1979)]}}[http://www.fip.it/NewsDettaglio.asp?IDNews=1468 A Torino la prima tappa in Italia della Commissione Fiba per il Mondiale 2014] It also hosted the 1992–93 season's FIBA European Cup final, in which Sato Aris defeated Efes Pilsen, by a score of 50–48.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130128005343/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_93.htm European Cup 1992-93]}}

The arena was renovated in the year 2004. On 17 September 2008, the senior men's Italian national basketball team played a 2009 EuroBasket qualification game against Bulgaria, at the arena.[http://www.fip.it/piemonte/DocumentoDett.asp?IDDocumento=167 Eurobasket Torino Events: la conferenza stampa di Recalcati a Torino il 3 settembre alle 11.00 all'Hotel Holyday Inn] The arena has also been used as the long-time home arena of the Italian professional basketball club Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino.

References

External links

[http://farm1.staticflickr.com/347/32062525195_2897702f52_b.jpg Image 1 of PalaRuffini Interior]
[http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5778/30817740685_c83227316c_b.jpg Image 2 of PalaRuffini Interior]

{{succession box |

title=EuroBasket
Final venue|

before=Country Hall du Sart Tilman
Liège |

after=Sportovní hala
Prague|

years=1979

}}

{{succession box |

title=FIBA European Cup
Final venue|

before=Palais des Sports de Beaulieu
Nantes |

after=CIG de Malley
Lausanne|

years=1993

}}