Land Rover Arena

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Land Rover Arena is an indoor sporting arena located at Piazza Azzarita Manfredi 8, in Bologna, Italy. The seating capacity of the arena is fit to host 5,700 people and was inaugurated in 1956. It is currently home to the Fortitudo Bologna basketball team. In Italy, it is frequently nicknamed Il Madison, after Madison Square Garden. The arena hosted the 1966 FIBA Champions Cup Final Four, in which Italian Simmenthal Milano won the competition[1].

Land Rover Arena was previously known as PalaDozza, prior to a naming rights agreement with British automaker Land Rover.

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  1. ^ I LUOGHI DEL BASKET BOLOGNESE
Preceded by
Two legged Final		 FIBA European Champions Cup
Final venue
1966		 Succeeded by
Sports Ciry of Real Madrid Pavilion
Madrid

Coordinates: 44.49975°N′11.33208″E, type:landmark°{{{6}}}′{{{7}}}″{{{8}}}

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