- Palau Blaugrana
"Palau Blaugrana" (Catalan for palace of
blue and deepred ) is anarena inBarcelona ,Catalonia , belonging toFC Barcelona (FCB). The 8,250seating capacity arena is home to thebasketball ,handball ,roller hockey , andfutsal sections ofFC Barcelona . "Palau Blaugrana" is located betweenMini Estadi and theCamp Nou .History
Built in
1971 , it originally held 5,696 spectators, but the facility was remodeled in1994 to fit the current amount of 8,250. In the1992 Summer Olympics the arena held some matches ofroller hockey ,taekwondo andjudo .There are several shirts retired of basketball and handball players.
4Andrés Jiménez , 7Nacho Solozábal and 15 Epi for basketball and 2Òscar Grau , 7 Iñaki Urdangarin and 14Joan Sagalés for handball players.ee also
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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]
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