The Mediolanum Forum (originally the Forum di Assago, formerly the FilaForum and DatchForum) is an
indoor sports arena that is located in
Assago, near
Milan, Italy. The arena has a seating capacity of 12,700 and is primarily used for
ice hockey,
basketball,
tennis and live concerts. The venue is the home ground of the
Italian League professional basketball team
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano.
The Forum received the European Prize for Architecture for sports venues awarded by
CONI and the Council of Europe. It is also one of two facilities in Italy, along with
PalaLottomatica in Rome, to be part of the ''European Arenas Association'' network. In January 2009, the arena changed its name to the current name of
Mediolanum Forum, replacing the old name of DatchForum.
Entertainment events
Sports
The arena hosted the
1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, the 2003
IIHF Continental Cup Superfinal of
ice hockey (together with
Lugano's
Pista La Resega),
WWE Raw and
WWE SmackDown in 2007, and the
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
Since 2011, the Forum has also been home to
La Grande Sfida, the annual tennis exhibition event played every Christmas. The arena also hosted the
2014 edition of the
EuroLeague Final FourEuroleague.net Milan, Italy to host 2014 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four.
and, in the same year, the finals of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
Also, some matches of the FIVB Volleyball World Championship are scheduled to be held at the venue. The venue will host some group phase matches at the FIBA EuroBasket 2021 which the country will play host alongside Czech Republic in Prague, Georgia in Tbilisi and Germany in Berlin/Cologne. It will host figure skating and short track in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Gallery
image:Forum Assago Parquet 3.jpg|2014 Euroleague Final Four, staging
image:Forum Assago Parquet 5.jpg|2014 Euroleague Final Four, staging
image:Forum Assago Parquet 7.jpg|2014 Euroleague Final Four, staging
image:Forum Assago Euroleague Final Four 2014.jpg|2014 Euroleague Final Four, the Final match
See also
* List of tennis stadiums by capacity
References
External links
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