Nokia Arena
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Nokia Arena is a sport and entertainment arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is often called informally Yad Eliyahu, its previous name, after the neighborhood in which it is located. The arena is the home of Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team, a member of the Maccabi Tel Aviv sports club, and since 2005 it is also the home of Maccabi's city rival, Hapoel Tel Aviv. The facility is the largest indoor sport arena in Israel and seats 11,500 people, therefore the Israeli final-four and the Israeli cup semi-finals and finals are hosted there, and the Israeli national basketball team hosts most of the games in Nokia Arena.