Palau Blaugrana

"Palau Blaugrana" (Catalan for palace of blue and deep red) is an arena in Barcelona, Catalonia, belonging to FC Barcelona (FCB). The 8,250 seating capacity arena is home to the basketball, handball, roller hockey, and futsal sections of FC Barcelona. "Palau Blaugrana" is located between Mini Estadi and the Camp Nou.

History

Built in 1971, it originally held 5,696 spectators, but the facility was remodeled in 1994 to fit the current amount of 8,250. In the 1992 Summer Olympics the arena held some matches of roller hockey, taekwondo and judo.

There are several shirts retired of basketball and handball players.
4 Andrés Jiménez, 7 Nacho Solozábal and 15 Epi for basketball and 2 Òscar Grau, 7 Iñaki Urdangarin and 14 Joan Sagalés for handball players.

ee also

* FC Barcelona (Main body and football club)
* UB-Barça (Women's basketball)
* FC Barcelona-Cifec (handball)
* FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman (wheelchair basketball)
* AXA FC Barcelona (basketball)

External links

* [http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/club/club_avui/territori_barca/palau_blaugrana/palaublaugrana.html Palau Blaugrana at fcbarcelona.cat]