Palais des Sports de Gerland

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| name = Palais des Sports

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| image = Palais des sports de Gerland.jpg

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| fullname = Palais des Sports de Gerland

| location = Lyon, France

| coordinates = {{coord|45|43|26.69|N|4|49|41.37|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline,title}}

| broke_ground = {{Start date and age|1960|01}}

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| opened = {{Start date and age|1962|05}}

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| owner = City of Lyon

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| architect = Louis Weckerlin

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| tenants = ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne (1970–80s)
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon (1987–2009)
WTA Lyon Open (2020–)

| seating_capacity = Tennis: 6,500{{cite web|url=http://www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/fr/sports_loisirs/palais_sport|title=Accueil – Site Officiel de la Ville de Lyon|access-date=28 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014504/http://www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/fr/sports_loisirs/palais_sport|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

| publictransit = {{rint|lyon|m}} {{rint|lyon|m|b}} Stade de Gerland–Le LOU

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Palais des Sports de Gerland (English: Gerland Sports Palace) is an indoor sporting arena located in Lyon, France. The seating capacity of the arena is 5,910 people.[http://www.gptennislyon.com/pages/fr/46/informations-pratiques.html Infos Practiques] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915233055/http://www.gptennislyon.com/pages/fr/46/informations-pratiques.html |date=2008-09-15 }}

History

It was the venue of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon tournament. The arena was the regular home venue of ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne for European Champions cup games in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for which it had a maximum capacity for 10,000 spectators.[https://archive.today/20130122095552/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/club-scene/i/39671/3736/item The Club Scene: Asvel Basket]

The arena also hosted the 1968 European Champions cup final in basketball, in which Real Madrid defeated Spartak Brno 98-95{{Cite web |url=http://www.galeon.com/realmadridbasket/euroleague.htm |title=8 EUROLIGAS BALONCESTO (6 SUBCAMPEÓN) (EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS CUP) |access-date=2008-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128171457/http://www.galeon.com/realmadridbasket/euroleague.htm |archive-date=2017-01-28 |url-status=dead }}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726223331/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_68.htm Champions Cup 1967-68]}} in front of 8,000 spectators. The venue also saw France defeat the United States in the 1991 Davis Cup final. The arena hosted the last Saporta Cup final in 2002, in which Montepaschi Siena won the trophy.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111219155215/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_2002.htm Saporta Cup 2001-02]}} In 2006 hosted the 2006 European Figure Skating Championships.