By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Monaco will not have to move to Antibes for their EuroLeague games after all. As the club announced, EuroLeague gave officially permission today and the “Gaston Medecin” arena will be used.
Initially a small gym with a 3.000 seat capacity, the arena was refurbished during the summer and now has a 4.000 seat capacity.
The gym is located in Fontvieille, Monaco. It is used to host basketball, volleyball, and handball games, judo and fencing matches, and weightlifting and gymnastics competitions. The arena is a part of the Stade Louis II multi-sports complex and is owned by the Monaco-based multi-sports club AS Monaco.
The current minimum capacity for EuroLeague arenas is 5.000 seats, while EuroLeague had originally decided back in 2008 to increase the minimum arena seating requirement to 10,000, within four years’ time. This season only Monaco, Bayern, Barcelona, ASVEL, and UNICS have gyms with less than 10.000 seat capacity.