Dakar_Arena

Dakar Arena

Dakar Arena

Indoor arena in Senegal

The Dakar Arena (nicknamed Palais des sports de Diamniadio) is an indoor arena that is located in Diamniadio, Senegal. Built between 2016 and 2018, it is primarily used for basketball games, and it is the home arena of the Senegal national basketball team and the Senegal women's national basketball team. The arena has a seating capacity of 15,000 people.[1]

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It is one of Africa's newest basketball arenas.[2]

History

President Macky Sall promised to build a new basketball arena, after Senegal won the AfroBasket Women 2015. The objective was to replace the Marius Ndiaye Stadium as the home arena for both men and women basketball teams in Senegal.[3]

The Dakar Arena was broke down on 9 May 2016, by President Macky Sall, Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne and many basketball players.[4]

On 8 August 2018, the Dakar Arena was inaugurated by Macky Sall.[5]

It hosted all matches of the 2019 Women's Afrobasket.

The Dakar Arena was the venue of the Sahara Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    2019 Women's Afrobasket
  2. [2]
    "Getting to know Africa's flashy basketball arenas". FIBA. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Macky Sall accomplit le premier acte de sa promesse" (in French). enqueteplus.com. 10 May 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Complexe - Pose de la première pierre du Palais des Sports à Diamniadio : Macky Sall donne les premiers coups de pelle du "Dakar Aréna"" (in French). news.sen360.sn. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Diamniadio – Macky Sall a coupé le ruban inaugural du nouveau palais des Sports "Dakar aréna"" (in French). laviesenegalaise.com. 8 August 2018.


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