Forum di Milano

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Forum di Milano
Forum di Milano
Full nameForum di Milano
Former namesForum di Assago (1990–93)
FilaForum (1993–2006)
DatchForum (2006–08)
Mediolanum Forum (2009–24)
AddressVia Giuseppe di Vittorio 6
20090 Assago, MI, Italy
Location Grande Milano
Coordinates 45°24′4″N9°8′32″E / 45.40111°N 9.14222°E / 45.40111; 9.14222
OwnerForumNet Group
Capacity 15,800
Construction
Broke ground1988
Opened26 October 1990
Renovated2014, 2017
ArchitectGiuseppe and Luca Cabassi
Main contractorsCabassi Group
Tenants
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano (LBA) (1990–present)
Website
Venue Website

Forum di Milano (formerly the FilaForum, DatchForum and Mediolanum Forum) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, Italy. [1] The arena has a seating capacity of 15,800 [2] and is primarily used for basketball, ice hockey, tennis and live concerts.

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The venue is the home ground of the EuroLeague and Italian Serie A professional basketball team AX Armani Exchange Milan. In January 2009, the arena changed its name to Mediolanum Forum, replacing the old name of DatchForum. [3]

History

The central arena during the 2014 Euroleague Final Four Forum Assago Parquet 2.jpg
The central arena during the 2014 Euroleague Final Four

The Forum of Assago was built by Giuseppe Cabassi and his son Luca in 1990. It was named in several different way due to different sponsorships during the years: from 1993 to 2006 it was named FilaForum, from 2006 to 2008 DatchForum and then, from 2009 to 2023, MediolanumForum.

The venue is located in the big Milanofiori complex and it covers an area of 40,000 sqm. The layout of the rooms is organized on 4 superimposed levels below the stands of the central arena. There are also private panoramic rooms (called "SkyBox") on the top floor. The Forum received the 1994 European Prize for Architecture for sports venues awarded by the Italian National Olympic Committee and the Council of Europe. It is also one of two facilities in Italy, along with Palazzo dello Sport in Rome, to be part of the European Arenas Association network. [4]

For the 2014 Euroleague Final Four the venue has been renovated and the capacity increased from 11,500 to 12,700. It was again renovated in 2017, with new internal signs and new colors in the corridors of the rings, also including the reconstruction of the floor.

Entertainment events

Sports

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2014 Euroleague Final Four

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 edition of the 2014 EuroLeague Final Four [18]

Some matches of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship have been held at the venue. The venue hosted some group phase matches at the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 which the country hosted alongside Czech Republic in Prague, Georgia in Tbilisi and Germany in Berlin/Cologne.

It will be the figure skating and short track venue during the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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