Tbilisi Sports Palace

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stadium_name = Tbilisi Sports Palace| nickname =


location = May 26 sqr. 1, Tbilisi 380071, Georgia [ [http://www.sport.ge/sportcomplex/sportcomplex.html Sport in Georgia - Sport Complex] ]
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opened = 1961
renovated = 2007
closed =
demolished =
owner =
owner = Logic Group Ltd
operator = Logic Group Ltd
surface = Parquet Floor
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tenants = Georgia national basketball team
seating_capacity = 9,700 (basketball)
11,000 (concerts)

Tbilisi Sport Palace is an Indoor sports arena situated in Tbilisi, Georgia.The arena usually hosts basketball, handball, judo, tennis, boxing and other games and tournaments with high attendance. Built in 1961, the arena was used primely for the basketball games of local Dinamo Tbilisi and is still the largest basketball designed arena in all of the former USSR successor states. [ [http://www.bcdinamo.ge/english/history/hystory.html History of Dinamo Tbilisi] ] The arena was renovated in 2007 and was reopened in August 22 2007 [ [http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=344&info_id=2465 Renovated Sports Palace] , 22 August 2007] , with management rights given to the Logic Group Ltd for a 30 year contract. This was the first phase of renovation and reconstruction, with the second phase including changing the roof of the building and installing new individual seats. [The Georgian times, [http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=6295 Mayor inspects Tbilisi Sport Palace after reconstruction] ] . Total cost of the renovation is estimated at 5 million USD [ [http://www.investingeorgia.org/projects/view/237 Invest in Georgia] ]

Concerts

Tbilisi Sports Palace is one of the greatest arena for concerts in Georgia. Many International and national acts have performed here.

* Ian Gillan - 1990, (sold out 5 gigs here in row)
* Alla Pugacheva
* Lela Tsurtsumia - Lela is Georgian pop-singer, who held the record of attendance in Tbilisi Sports Palace. Though the arena holds approximately 11 000 people, Lela Tsurtsumia sold out 18 000 tickets for 1 concert, in 2002, May 22. (about 25 000 people were waitting for the tickets)

Another sold out concerts were by Georgian rapper Lex-Seni and Georgian pop-group Kuchis Bichebi. (about 15 000 people)

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External links

* [http://www.logicgroup.ge Logic Group Ltd]
* [http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/1716968.jpgOutside view of the sports palace]