Pavelló Municipal Font de San Lluís

Pabellón Municipal Fuente San Luis
La Fonteta
Capacity 8,500
Surface Parquet Floor
Construction
Opened 1983
Renovated 2016
Tenants
Valencia Basket
Ros Casares Valencia (until 2012)

Pavelló Municipal Font de San Lluís[1] (Spanish: Pabellón Municipal Fuente San Luis, known as la Fonteta) is an arena in Valencia, Spain. Built in 1983, it is primarily used for basketball and the home arena of Valencia Basket. The arena has a seating capacity for 8,500 people.

La Fonteta during the 2014 Eurocup finals game between Valencia and Unics Kazan.

History

Built in 1983, Valencia BC started to play its games in the arena in 1987. It also was the arena of women's basketball team Ros Casares Valencia and futsal team Valencia FS.

On 9 to 11 April 2010, the Fonteta hosted the Final Four of the 2009–10 EuroLeague Women, where Ros Casares was defeated in the final by Spartak Moscow Region.

In 2016, Valencia Basket financed the renovation of the arena with €500,000 and also installed a new center-hung scoreboard.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Pavelló Font de San Lluís". deportedevalencia.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016. (Spanish) NB. Valencia Basket Club notes the name as Pabellón Municipal Fuente de San Luís in Spanish and as Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluis in Valencian. The written name on the outside of the building uses the spelling (Font de) Sant Lluís.
  2. ↑ "Un nuevo videomarcador culmina la reforma interior de la 'Fonteta'" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

Coordinates: 39°27′5.83″N 0°21′58.08″W / 39.4516194°N 0.3661333°W / 39.4516194; -0.3661333


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