Fernando Buesa Arena is an indoor sports arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Saski Baskonia.
History The history and evolution of this sports enclosure has been closely tied to its main user, the basketball team Saski Baskonia of the League ACB.
The arena's seating capacity, for basketball, is up to 15,504 people. Works to increase the arena's seating capacity from 9,923 to 15,504 people began in March 2011, and finished in April 2012.ACB.com Caja Laboral Saski-Baskonia S.A.D. Fernando Buesa Arena (9.900 espectadores) (Spanish).elcorreo.com El Buesa Arena se reforma para alcanzar las 15.000 localidades as.com Vitoria estrena a lo grande el Buesa Arena
Buesa Arena again beat the record of attendance against Real Madrid on 3 January 2016, with 15,544 spectators.
Major events
The arena hosted the 1996 European Cup Final, in which local Saski Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 EuroCup Finals.Eurocupbasketball.com - An arena that grows with basketball's popularity.
The Final Eight of the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) was played four times at Buesa Arena (2000, 2002, 2008 and 2013).Eurocup'96
On 9 April 2012, at the game of Caja Laboral against Real Madrid, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the record of attendance in a basketball game of the Spanish Liga ACB with 15,504 spectators.
The arena has hosted the Euskalgym since 2014, which is one of the biggest and greatest rhythmic gymnastics gala events in the world.
On 3 January 2016, at the game of Laboral Kutxa against Real Madrid, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the new record of attendance in a basketball game of Liga ACB with 15,544 spectators.
It hosted the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four, registering an average attendance of 13,239 spectators in the four hosted games.
Attendances This is a list of league and EuroLeague games attendances of Baskonia at Fernando Buesa Arena since the last expansion was completed. Liga ACB EuroLeague Season Season2011–12 94,038 15,504 10,512 13,4342011–12 All games played at Iradier Arena2012–13 189,449 14,381 7,143 9,9712012–13 168,416 15,068 9,936 12,0302013–14 165,412 14,623 6,824 9,1902013–14 128,106 14,196 8,246 10,6762014–15 160,517 11,246 7,812 8,9182014–15 117,882 12,619 7,689 9,8242015–16 208,276 15,544 6,729 9,9182015–16 153,265 13,964 8,366 10,9482016–17 195,169 14,316 7,382 9,7582016–17 186,133 14,875 9,437 11,6332017–18 224,265 15,512 8,102 10,194 2017–18 192,959 14,923 9,196 11,3512018–19 164,645 15,544 6,429 9,4172018–19 189,352 12,847 9,743 11,1382019–20 107,170 11,589 7,625 8,9312019–20 149,252 13,628 8,725 10,6612020–21 Season played behind closed doors2020–21 Season played behind closed doors2021–22 128,691 10,038 5,062 6,7732021–22 96,391 8,218 5,426 6,8852022–23 157,929 15,501 5,706 8,7742022–23 151,893 15,554 6,081 8,9352023–24 153,803 15,504 6,242 9,0472023–24 189,423 14,017 7,542 9,970
See also List of indoor arenas in Spain List of basketball arenas
References
External links
Fernando Buesa Arena Official Website 2011-2012 Expansion Report