Arena Botevgrad

Arena Botevgrad

Arena Botevgrad in June 2014
Location 9 Zahari Stoyanov Street
2140 Botevgrad, Bulgaria
Coordinates 42°54′00″N 23°47′18″E / 42.900026°N 23.788394°E / 42.900026; 23.788394Coordinates: 42°54′00″N 23°47′18″E / 42.900026°N 23.788394°E / 42.900026; 23.788394
Owner Municipality of Botevgrad
Capacity Sports: 4,500
Field size 24/44 m
Surface Versatile
Construction
Broke ground 2012
Opened 29 March 2014 (2014-03-29)
Construction cost 7.02 million BGN (around 3.5 million EUR)
Architect Bozhidar Hinkov
Borislav Bogdanov
Main contractors R.S. Engineering
Tenants
BC Balkan Botevgrad (2014 - present)
Bulgaria men's national basketball team

Arena Botevgrad (Bulgarian: Арена Ботевград) is an indoor arena located in Botevgrad, Bulgaria. It has a capacity of 4,500, and has been the home venue for BC Balkan Botevgrad since its opening in 2014.

History

The 2016 Bulgarian Cup finals logo, featuring Botevgrad's characteristic clock tower.

Arena Botevgrad was officially opened on March 29, 2014 after two years of construction in the presence of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Botevgrad's mayor Georgi Georgiev, and several government ministers. The hall cost 7.02 million Bulgarian lev, or about 3.5 million Euros to build.[1]

Between February 18th and 21st, 2016, the hall was host to the 2016 Bulgarian Basketball Cup Final 8 bracket, with BC Rilski Sportist claiming their first ever cup. In September 2016, Arena Botevgrad hosted the national basketball team's home games from Group E of the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

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