Budapest Sportcsarnok

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Budapest Sportcsarnok

Location	Budapest, Hungary
Coordinates	47°30′6.99″N 19°6′19.41″E / 47.5019417°N 19.1053917°E / 47.5019417; 19.1053917
Capacity	12,500
Construction
Broke ground	1978
Opened	February 12, 1982
Demolished	December 15, 1999

Budapest Sportcsarnok was an indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary. The arena had a seating capacity for 12,500 spectators and opened in 1982. It was primarily used for basketball, figure skating, volleyball and other indoor sporting events until it burned down on December 15, 1999.^[1][2] It was replaced by the current László Papp Arena.

It hosted the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships, 1986 basketball European Champions cup final in which Cibona Zagreb defeated Žalgiris Kaunas 94–82.,^[3][4] 1988 World Figure Skating Championships, 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships.