Nelson Mandela Forum, formerly Palazzetto dello sport di Firenze and Palasport, is an indoor sports arena that is located in Florence, Italy. It was inaugurated in 1985. In 2004 the arena was renamed to Nelson Mandela Forum.
The seating capacity of the arena is 7,500 people for basketball games, and the maximum capacity for rock concerts, with general admission tickets, is 8,262 people. It was the home arena of the Italian basketball club Pool Firenze Basket, before the club’s relegation to the minor leagues in 2009. It is the home venue of women’s volleyball club Il Bisonte Firenze since 2014.
The structure is property of the city of Florence and is managed, since 2003, by the Associazione Palasport – Nelson Mandela Forum under a 12-year management agreement. The Nelson Mandela Forum has a formal agreement with the Nelson Mandela Foundation that allows the use of the name of the South African former president. The structure’s compound is 25,000 m2 (269,098 sq ft) with 10,000 m2 (107,639 sq ft) of spaces where there are a main arena, a boxing training center, two areas used for gym (the latter being for many years home of the fencing center of Florence), one free climbing facility, and open spaces occupied by three permanent exhibitions on human rights.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_spacer height=”40″ height_on_tabs=”20″ height_on_mob=”20″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row dfd_row_config=”full_width_content_paddings” css=”.vc_custom_1492076351709{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”3/4″][ult_buttons btn_title=”VISIT THE WEBSITE” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fit.violachannel.tv%2Fvc13-prossima-partita-pag.html||target:%20_blank|” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_title_color=”#0c0c0c” btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left” btn_border_style=”solid” btn_color_border=”#000000″ btn_color_border_hover=”#931d1d” btn_border_size=”2″ btn_radius=”1″][/vc_column][/vc_row]MANDELA FORUM
Nelson Mandela Forum, formerly Palazzetto dello sport di Firenze and Palasport, is an indoor sports arena that is located in Florence, Italy. It was inaugurated in 1985. In 2004 the arena was renamed to Nelson Mandela Forum.
The seating capacity of the arena is 7,500 people for basketball games, and the maximum capacity for rock concerts, with general admission tickets, is 8,262 people. It was the home arena of the Italian basketball club Pool Firenze Basket, before the club’s relegation to the minor leagues in 2009. It is the home venue of women’s volleyball club Il Bisonte Firenze since 2014.
The structure is property of the city of Florence and is managed, since 2003, by the Associazione Palasport – Nelson Mandela Forum under a 12-year management agreement.
The Nelson Mandela Forum has a formal agreement with the Nelson Mandela Foundation that allows the use of the name of the South African former president.
The structure’s compound is 25,000 m2 (269,098 sq ft) with 10,000 m2 (107,639 sq ft) of spaces where there are a main arena, a boxing training center, two areas used for gym (the latter being for many years home of the fencing center of Florence), one free climbing facility, and open spaces occupied by three permanent exhibitions on human rights.
