Vitrifrigo Arena

Vitrifrigo Arena

l'Astronave ("the Starship")
Arena during a volleyball match in April 2006
Former names	Adriatic Arena (2006–2018) BPA Palas (1996–2006)
Location	Pesaro, Italy
Coordinates	43°54′10″N 12°52′0″E
Owner	Municipality of Pesaro
Operator	Aspes S.p.A.
Capacity	10,323 seats
Construction
Built	1993–1996
Opened	August 1996
Architect	Interstudio
Structural engineer	Massimo Majowiecki (Interstudio)
General contractor	Bonatti S.p.A. (Forlì) Sigla S.p.A. (Forlì) Palapesaro
Tenants
Victoria Libertas Pesaro
Website
www.vitrifrigoarena.it

Vitrifrigo Arena, formerly known as Adriatic Arena and originally BPA Palas, is an indoor sports arena in Pesaro, Italy, home to the Victoria Libertas Pesaro professional basketball team of the Lega Basket Serie A. Its seating capacity is 10,300, rising to 13,000 for concerts, which makes it the fifth-biggest indoor arena in Italy.

Construction

Exterior view of the venue (2013)

Construction work began in 1993 and was completed in 1996. The venue was inaugurated with a recital by operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The venue considered a futuristic construction, known to most as "the Spaceship" (l'Astronave), or as "the Ladybug" (la Coccinella) due to its external shell shape. It covers an area of 12,000 square meters and a land area of 13,000 square meters.

The multi-purpose arena is equipped with a press stand, a room for video data, a system for satellite reception, various video stations and an internal circuit control system. The venue also configures into a (much smaller) theater that is used each August for the world-renowned Rossini Opera Festival.

See also

• List of indoor arenas in Italy

External links

Media related to Adriatic Arena at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Italian)