Lietuvos rytas Arena
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| Address | Ozo g. 14A |
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| Location | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Owner | BC Lietuvos rytas |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| Record attendance | 2,390 (Lietuvos rytas v Oostende, 11 February 2015)[1] |
| Construction | |
| Opened | September 28, 2005 |
| Expanded | 2014 |
| Construction cost | 2.3 million EUR |
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Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Kibirkštis Vilnius Vilniaus Perlas | |
Lietuvos rytas Arena is a 2,500-seat basketball arena in Vilnius, Lithuania, built next to Siemens Arena.[2] Lietuvos rytas Vilnius play the Lithuanian Basketball League's home matches in the arena.
More important or highly anticipated matches in the LKL, as well as all home fixtures in European competitions (such as the EuroLeague or EuroCup), are played in the Siemens Arena. Women basketball team Kibirkštis Vilnius also plays in Lietuvos Rytas arena. Past tenants include now dissolved Lithuanian and European women's basketball powerhouse Teo and Lietuvos Rytas daughter club Perlas Vilnius.
In 2014, its capacity was expanded from 1,700 seats to 2,500 seats with the aim to host EuroCup games.[3]
References
- ↑ Lietuvos Rytas-Telenet Ostend boxscore
- ↑ "Lithuanian Basketball League" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Basketball League. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ↑ Pasižvalgykite po atnaujintą „Lietuvos ryto“ areną Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine.
Coordinates: 54°43′01″N 25°16′55″E / 54.717°N 25.282°E