Chalkiopoulio Sports Hall

Chalkiopoulio Sports Hall
Location	Lamia, Greece
Opened	1995
Owner	Municipality of Lamia
Surface	Parquet
Capacity	Volleyball: 5,000[1]
Tenants
Panellinios B.C. Lamia (2010-)

The Chalkiopoulio Sports Hall or Lamia Arena (alternate spellings: Halkiopouleio, Halkiopoulio, Chalkiopouleio) is an indoor sporting arena that is located in the city of Lamia, Greece. The seating capacity of the arena is 5,000 people.^[2] The indoor arena is part of the Lamia Sports Center, which also features indoor and outdoor tennis courts, a football field, and outside basketball courts. The indoor arena is able to host basketball, volleyball, and handball matches and it is owned by the municipality of Lamia.

History

The arena was built in 1995 and it is named after Miltiadis Chalkiopoulos. The arena hosted the Greek Basketball Cup Final Four in the years 1995 and 2004. It also hosted some group stage matches of the 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, as well as the Greek Volleyball Cup Final Four in 1997.

It has also been used as the home arena of the Greek basketball teams Panellinios and Ionikos Lamias for domestic national league games.

References

1. ^ fivb.ch - Greece Lamia Chalkiopoulio Sporthall 5,000.
2. ^ fivb.ch - Greece Lamia Chalkiopoulio Sporthall 5,000.

External links

• Arena at Stadia.gr