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The Juan Escutia Sports Palace hosted the basketball events for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The Forum in Inglewood, California, hosted the basketball tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Los Angeles. For the Summer Olympics, there are 29 venues that have been or will be used for basketball.
The Telekom Arena [2], previously known as Olympic Indoor Hall of O.A.C.A., also known as Telekom Arena, is a part of the Spyros Louis Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (Greek: O.A.K.A. «Σπύρος Λούης»). It was completed in 1994 and is the largest indoor venue in Greece. It was used for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Olympic Village and Olympic Village Training Center — Pauley Pavilion [17] Volleyball (proposed) 13,800 SoFi Stadium (Inglewood Stadium) [36] [37] Opening/closing ceremonies (proposed) 70,240–100,240 Swimming: 38,000 Existing with temporary stands Intuit Dome (Inglewood Arena) [38] Basketball: 18,000 Existing
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Thanks in part to the effort of Phog Allen [5] [6] —a Kansas Jayhawks collegiate coach—the first Olympic basketball tournament was organized in the 1936 Berlin Olympics on outdoor tennis courts. Dr. Naismith presented the medals to the top three teams. According to the Olympic rules of that time, all of the competitors were amateurs.
The following is a list of indoor arenas which are currently the home of a professional, semi-professional, or national basketball team (page is in process of being updated). They are ordered by capacity , which is the maximum number of spectators the arena can accommodate for basketball.
After the Olympic Games, the center became an important part of Beijing's Olympic Games heritage, allowing citizens to enjoy cultural, sports, leisure, recreational, and commercial activities. It was a large-scale comprehensive project, rare in Beijing in integrating cultural, sporting, and commercial purposes with large-scale gardens and green ...
Carioca Arena 1 (Portuguese: Arena Carioca 1) is an indoor stadium in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The venue hosted basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.