Tbilisi Sports Palace

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Tbilisi Sport Palace
Location	May 26 sqr. 1, Tbilisi 380071, Georgia^[1]
Opened	1961
Owner
Operator	Logic Group
Surface	Parquet Floor
Tenants	Georgia national basketball team
Capacity	11,000 (basketball)

Tbilisi Sport Palace is an Indoor sports arena situated in Tbilisi, Georgia. The arena usually hosts basketball games with high attendance and tennis tournaments can seat up to approximately 11,000 people. Built in 1961, the arena was used primely for the basketball games of local Dinamo Tbilisi and is still the largest basketball designed arena in all of the former USSR successor states.^[2] The arena was renovated in 2007 and was reopened in August 22, 2007^[3], with management rights given to the Logic Group for a 30 year contract. This was the first phase of renovation and reconstruction, with the second phase including changing the roof of the building and installing new individual seats.^[4].