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Virtus Segafredo Bologna started the new season with a win. NUSSLI had constructed a temporary arena in the convention center of Bologna. Featuring nearly 9.000 seats, it is one of the biggest basketball arenas in Italy. On November 10th, the Virtus Bologna basketball team played the opening game in the new temporary home venue called “Virtus Segafredo Arena”. The current Champions League champions defeated Treviso Basket with 84:79. This is surely a great sign, not only for the seasons of the team from Bologna, but for the arena project as well. The team is treading new paths with its new indoor arena. Fully in line with the wishes of the many basketball fans, the project initiated by Virtus Bologna together with the Bologna Fiere trade fair creates more audience seats first and foremost. Almost twice as many fans can now experience the season games of their team up close in the Virtus Segafredo Arena. Fully equipped arena with plenty of options
“Totaling roughly 9,000 spaces in the various seating and standing room categories, the indoor arena offers basketball lovers a unique sports experience”, says NUSSLI. Business events can be also hosted in the hospitality zone by booking one of several attractive packages. From the press area, members of the press enjoy a great view of the court as well as the necessary working environment for live reporting from the arena. Brief construction time for the custom-made venue
Following less than six weeks of planning and production, a total of 28 trucks delivered more than 450 tons of grandstand material to the exhibition grounds – this included 700 steps alone, plus seats, steel tubes, floor slabs, cladding material and much more. “Within only two weeks – and thus without major disruptions to the ongoing trade fair operation – the assembly teams erected the entire indoor arena”, NUSSLI explains. During the planning phase, arranging the individual grandstands into a compact arena proved to be especially challenging. In this context, the limited width and height of the convention hall did not permit a harmonious, even shape. The NUSSLI planners thus decided in favor of an unusual arena geometry that ensures optimal fields of vision from the audience seats. In addition, the orifice-like access ways also comply with the high requirements placed on escape routes. Arena in use once more for the playoffs
Until January 5th, 2020, the Virtus Bologna team played in their temporary home arena. The arena was subsequently dismantled. Though it will be rebuilt for the playoff matches. As has been shown in the past, the showcase of the temporary arena was met with great interest by the fans, sponsors, trade fair and companies alike. The series of wins also shows that Virtus Bologna felt right at home here. Word on the street is that further teams and cities have shown interest in the model for a temporary, tailor-made arena. (STADIAWORLD, 04.02.2020)
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