Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís[2] (Spanish: Pabellón Municipal Fuente San Luis, known as La Fonteta) is an indoor arena that is located in Valencia, Spain. Built in 1983, it is primarily used for basketball games, and it is the home arena of the Spanish Liga ACB club Valencia Basket. The arena has a seating capacity of 9,000 people.[1]

Font de Sant Lluís
La Fonteta
Exterior of Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís
Full namePavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís
Coordinates39°27′5.83″N 0°21′58.08″W
Capacity9,000[1]
SurfaceParquet Floor
Construction
Opened1983
Renovated2016
Tenants
Valencia Basket
Ros Casares Valencia (until 2012)

History

La Fonteta was originally built in 1983. Valencia Basket started to play its games in the arena in 1987. The arena was also used as the home arena of the women's basketball team, Ros Casares Valencia, and the futsal team Valencia FS.

On 9 to 11 April 2010, the Fonteta hosted the Final Four of the 2009–10 EuroLeague Women season, where Ros Casares Valencia was defeated in the final by Spartak Moscow Region.

In 2016, Valencia Basket financed the renovation of the arena with €500,000, and also installed a new €150,000 center-hung scoreboard.[3][4]

It will host several group phase matches for the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021 with France and the country.

The construction of the Casal España Arena, a new arena located in the nearby plot used as parking lot for the attendants to La Fonteta, started in June 2020.[5]

References
  1. "Pabellón: Pabellon Municipal Fuente San Luis (9.000 espectadores) {{in lang|es}}". Archived from the original on 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  2. "Pavelló Font de Sant Lluís". Archived 2016-10-21 at the Wayback Machine deportedevalencia.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016. (in Spanish) NB. Valencia Basket Club notes the name as Pabellón Municipal Fuente de San Luís in Spanish and as Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluis in Valencian. The written name on the outside of the building uses the spelling (Font de) Sant Lluís.
  3. "Un nuevo videomarcador culmina la reforma interior de la 'Fonteta'" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  4. Presentación remodelación interior y XXIII edición Trofeo Ciutat de València (in Spanish).
  5. Burgos, Julián (29 June 2020). "Roig da inicio a las obras del pabellón 'Casal España Arena'". As.
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