Pinki Hall

{{Short description|Sports hall in Belgrade, Serbia}}

{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = Pinki Hall

| fullname = Kulturno sportski centar Pinki

| former names = Dom sportova, omladine i pionira Pinki

| image = Hala Pinki (1).JPG

| image_size = 280px

| pushpin_map = Serbia Belgrade

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Belgrade

| caption = {{small|Hala Pinki in November 2012.}}

| coordinates = {{coord|44|50|25|N|20|24|38|E|type:landmark_source:kolossus-frwiki|display=inline, title}}

| location = Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia

| opened = {{Start date and age|1974|10|21|df=yes}}

| renovated =

| owner = City of Belgrade (51%); NIS (49%)

| operator = A.D. Kulturno-sportski centar Pinki Zemun

| tenants = KK Mladost Zemun

| architect =

| seating_capacity = 5,000

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Pinki Cultural and Sports Center ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Културно-спортски центар Пинки}}), commonly known as Pinki Hall ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Хала Пинки}}), is an indoor multi-sports venue located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun, Serbia. The venue has an indoor hall and an indoor swimming pool. The hall has a seating capacity of 2,300 for sports events and around 5,000 for concerts.

Opened on 21 October 1974, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Zemun being liberated from the Nazis and their puppet state Independent State of Croatia, the hall has hosted various basketball, handball, and volleyball teams. Its initial full official name was Dom sportova, omladine i pionira Pinki (Pinki Home of Sports, Youth and Pioneers). It now mostly serves for recreational use. It is the only sports venue in the city of Belgrade not financed by the city government, because Zemun's municipal government headed by the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) in 2000 transformed the venue's controlling entity into a publicly traded company and sold the controlling stake (49%) to Naftna industrija Srbije (NIS) oil company.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

The venue is named after Boško Palkovljević Pinki, a prominent Partisan fighter during World War II in Yugoslavia and a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

Concerts

References

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  • Press Online: [http://www.pressonline.rs/page/stories/sr.html?view=story&id=56135§ionId=43 NA PLAFONU 150 KANTI!], January 16, 2009

See also