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The Jerusalem Arena (Hebrew: הארנה ירושלים, HaArena Yerushalayim), renamed for the National Lottery Mifal HaPais grant as Pais Arena Jerusalem (Hebrew: פיס ארנה ירושלים, HaPais Arena Yerushalayim), is a multi-purpose sports arena that was built in Jerusalem by the city council and National Lottery grant of Mifal HaPais. Opened in September 2014, the arena is located in the Jerusalem Sports Quarter, in the southwestern Malha neighborhood, adjacent to Teddy Stadium. The arena seats 11,000 for basketball games.

Pais Arena Jerusalem

פיס ארנה ירושלים
Jerusalem Arena, June 2015
Location	Jerusalem, Israel
Public transit	at Malcha Sports Complex Old Tel Aviv–Jerusalem Railway Line at Jerusalem Malha
Owner	Jerusalem Municipality
Operator	Ariel Municipal Company Ltd.
Capacity	11,000[1]
Field size	441,300 square feet (41,000 m2)
Surface	Parquet Ice
Construction
Broke ground	September 2009
Opened	11 September 2014
Construction cost	NIS 400 million EUR € 85 million
Architect	Arthur Spector[2]
Tenants
Hapoel Jerusalem (2014-present)

Features

The arena interior itself covers 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) and, according to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, the arena is the largest indoor space in Jerusalem.^{[citation needed]} The arena is able to host professional sports, world-class concerts, international conferences, and cultural events.[3] The arena also contains a medical sports center, club rooms, offices, and two additional halls. The entire complex includes 47,370 square metres (509,900 sq ft).

The arena is part of a number of sports facilities in the Jerusalem Sport Quarter, which include an indoor Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis courts, and an ice rink. It is also a multi-purpose site, with hotels and residences for athletes with accommodations of 240 rooms, that is able to provide facilities for exhibitions, cultural and business events. There is also an underground parking space for 1,700 cars, and a retail power center.

History

In 2004, Jerusalem mayor, Ehud Olmert, declared a new basketball arena would be built within a year. In December 2005, the cornerstone was laid. In July 2009, the city hall publicized tenders for building the arena's infrastructure.

The building project was originally scheduled to be finished in late 2014, and originally estimated at a cost 240 million NIS. Of which, 187 million NIS was to be covered by Mifal HaPais, 20 million NIS from a grant from the Israeli National Sports Betting Council, and 33 million NIS from the Jerusalem municipality. However, the final eventual cost of the project ended being over 400 million NIS.[3]

Upon completion, the arena became the new home arena of the Israeli Basketball Premiere League club Hapoel Jerusalem B.C., as they moved into it from the smaller Malha Arena, which was their previous home arena. The arena was officially opened on 11 September 2014.[4]

During the 20th Maccabiah games in 2017, a temporary full-size Ice Hockey rink was established. The capacity of the arena (10,000 for hockey) made the tournament an attraction for thousands of fans, with the final game of the open tournament, in which Canada beat the United States 7:2, attracting an attendance of 9000 and becoming the highest attended hockey game in history on Israeli soil. [5]

See also

• List of indoor arenas in Israel

References

External links

Media related to Jerusalem Arena at Wikimedia Commons

• Pais Arena Jerusalem the official website

На других языках

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[de] Pais Arena Jerusalem

Die Pais Arena Jerusalem (hebräisch .mw-parser-output .Hebr{font-size:115%}פיס ארנה ירושלים, Pais Arena Yerushalayim) ist eine Multifunktionsarena im südwestlichen Stadtviertel Malcha der israelischen Stadt Jerusalem. Die Veranstaltungshalle ist die größte ihrer Art im mittleren Osten.[1] Der Basketballclub Hapoel Jerusalem aus der Ligat ha'Al trägt hier seine Heimspiele aus. Hapoels Basketballteam war vorher in der 1985 eröffneten Malha Arena mit 3.000 Plätzen beheimatet.

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- [en] Pais Arena

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[ru] Паис Арена Иерусалим

Иерусалим арена (ивр. ‏הארנה ירושלים‏‎, HaArena Yerushalayim), переименованная в честь Национальной лотереи Mifal HaPais как Паис Арена Иерусалим (ивр. ‏הארנה ירושלים‏‎, HaPais Arena Yerushalayim), открытая в сентябре 2014 года, расположена в спортивном квартале Иерусалима, в юго-западном районе, рядом со стадионом Тедди. Арена вмещает 11 000 человек для баскетбольных игр и 15 654 для концертов.

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