Malha Arena

Malha Arena
Location Jerusalem, Israel
Coordinates 31°45′23.84″N 35°10′52.04″E / 31.7566222°N 35.1811222°E / 31.7566222; 35.1811222Coordinates: 31°45′23.84″N 35°10′52.04″E / 31.7566222°N 35.1811222°E / 31.7566222; 35.1811222
Capacity Basketball: 3,000
(2,540 lower tier
460 upper tier)
Construction
Opened 1985
Renovated 1997, 2010, 2013, 2017
Expanded 2010
Tenants
Hapoel Jerusalem (1985–2014)
Beitar Jerusalem

The Malha Arena (officially called Lea and Maurice Goldberg Sports Hall)[1] is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Jerusalem's Malha neighborhood, across from Ramat Denya and Ramat Sharett. The arena is primarily used to host basketball, futsal, and handball games, and gymnastics.

Malha Arena has a seating capacity of 3,000 seats, of which 2,540 seats are in its lower tier, with an additional 460 seats in its upper tier. Despite its small size, the arena traps in noise, and distracts the opposing team. This gives a boost to players towards the end of the game, when they need it most, according to the former head coach of Hapoel Jerusalem, Oded Kattash.[2]

History

Malha Arena was the home arena of the Hapoel Jerusalem professional basketball team, from 1985 until 2014, when the team moved to the newly constructed Jerusalem Arena. Construction of the Jerusalem Arena began in 2009, in Malha, east of Teddy Stadium. The Jerusalem Arena eventually replaced the Malha Arena as Hapoel's home venue in 2014.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jerusalem Foundation projects Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ The power of Malha
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