Kaunas Sports Hall
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Kaunas Sports Hall (Lithuanian: Kauno sporto halė) is the largest arena in Žaliakalnis neighbourhood of Kaunas, Lithuania. Capacity 4350. Its length is 62,8 m and width 61 m.
It serves as a home court for Euroleague and LKL participant Žalgiris. It generally hosts basketball games as well as concerts.
It was completed before the Third European Basketball championship in 1939. The foundation was laid in December of 1938. All the steel constructions were finished by April 1939 and masonry work on May 10th of the same year. As of December 2005 it is undergoing a minor construction by adding some 525 additional seats all around the Hall to extend capacity to 5,000. Until 2009 it will fit the criteria of the Euroleague but not after when the minimum requirement to accommodate fans increases to 10,000.
The plan to build a larger and modern arena like Siemens Arena in Vilnius will become reality before 2011 as Lithuania will host the European basketball championship and this arena will be remembered as a hall where Lithuania national basketball team won their second consecutive Gold medal at the Eurobasket 1939.
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