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| Full name | Jerusalem Malha Sports Complex |
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| Location | Malha, Jerusalem, Israel |
| Owner | Municipality of Jerusalem |
The Jerusalem Sports Quarter is an Israeli sporting facilities complex located in the Malha neighborhood of southwestern Jerusalem, Israel. [1] The complex consists of major venues as well as other supplementary sport, recreation and entertainment facilities.
Teddy Stadium (Hebrew: אצטדיון טדי, Itztadion Teddy) is the main football stadium in Jerusalem. The stadium is named for long-time Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek, who was in office during the time of its construction and was one of its prominent advocates. It opened in 1991 and has a capacity of 31,733 [2]
The stadium is home to four football clubs: Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem. The stadium also serves the Israeli national team for some select home matches.
The Jerusalem Arena (Hebrew: הארנה ירושלים, HaArena Yerushalayim), renamed for the National Lottery Mifal HaPais grant as Pais Arena Jerusalem (Hebrew: פיס ארנה ירושלים, HaPais Arena Yerushalayim), is a multi-purpose sports arena that was built in Jerusalem by the city council and National Lottery grant of Mifal HaPais. Opened in September 2014, the arena is located in the Jerusalem Sports Quarter, in the southwestern Malha neighborhood, adjacent to Teddy Stadium. The arena seats 11,000 for basketball games and 15,654 for concerts.
The arena is home to Hapoel Jerusalem [3]
Israel Tennis Centers has its Jerusalem courts and facilities in the complex, [4] including a main court with a capacity of 2,000. [5]
The Malha Mall is a large indoor shopping mall. The mall, which opened in 1993, has 260 stores on 3 levels with a shopping area of 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft) and 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) of office space. It is one of seven malls built in Israel by David Azrieli. [6]
The complex also hosts recreational neighborhood sports fields, rock climbing, boutiques, cafes, bike trails, and a school. It neighbors the Jerusalem Technology Park
The complex can be reached by Israel Railways station "Jerusalem-Malha", or by Egged bus lines that stop at an onsite terminal. There are plans to extend the Jerusalem Light Rail to Malha and the sports complex. [7]
Jerusalem–Malha railway station was one of two Israel Railways termini in Jerusalem, the other being Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station. The station is located in the southern neighborhood of Malha, across from the Jerusalem Shopping Mall, Pais Arena and Teddy Stadium.
Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club, known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem, is a professional basketball club based in the City of Jerusalem, and competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the Israeli State Cup, and the Basketball Champions League. It has won several titles, including the ULEB Cup in 2004, the Israeli Basketball Premier League championship in 2015 and 2017, and seven state Cups. In 2013, a new ownership group took over, and the club has since seen a remarkable advancement and expansion. The team began playing in the Pais Arena in 2014.
Teddy Stadium is a sports stadium in Jerusalem. Two major Israeli football clubs currently use it as their home ground: Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem. The Israel national football team also uses it for select home matches.
Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club is an Israeli professional football club based in Jerusalem. It competes in the Israeli Premier League, the top flight of Israeli football. Founded in 1926, their home ground is the Teddy Stadium. As a protest against the conduct of the club's owners since the 1990s, the Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem football club was established in 2007, the first football club in Israel owned by its fans. The club was named after Katamon Stadium, which was formerly used by Hapoel Jerusalem. The club existed in parallel with Hapoel Jerusalem for 12 years.
Malha Mall, sometimes spelled Malcha Mall, also known as Jerusalem Mall, is an indoor shopping mall in the southwestern neighbourhood of Malha, Jerusalem.
The Malha Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Jerusalem's Malha neighborhood, across from Ramat Denya and Ramat Sharett. The arena is primarily used to host basketball, futsal, and handball games, and gymnastics.
Egged Ta'avura is an Israeli bus company. It was a subsidiary of the Egged Bus Cooperative and Ta'avura Holdings, and was founded by a merger of two smaller Egged subsidiaries, following privatization and public transportation reform in Israel in the 2000s. Its chairman is Gideon Mizrahi, and the CEO is the retired Israel Police Major General Mickey Levi. Egged Ta'avura is the subsidiary of Afikim after Electra has bought it.
The Jerusalem railway station is a historic railway station in Jerusalem, located between Hebron Road and Bethlehem Road, near the German Colony. It is also known as the Jerusalem–Khan railway station after the caravanserai building, now the Khan Theater located across the road, to differentiate it from the Jerusalem–Malha and Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon stations opened after its closure. It was part of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway until its closure in 1998.
The Jerusalem Arena, renamed for the National Lottery Mifal HaPais grant as Pais Arena Jerusalem, is a multi-purpose sports arena that was built in Jerusalem by the city council and National Lottery grant of Mifal HaPais. Opened in September 2014, the arena is located in the Jerusalem Sports Quarter, in the southwestern Malha neighborhood, adjacent to Teddy Stadium. The arena seats 11,000 for basketball games.
Aryeh Carmell was a British Orthodox rabbi, scholar, and author.
Jerusalem Technology Park, also Malha Technology Park is a high-tech industrial park located in the Malha neighborhood of southwest Jerusalem.
Roei Gordana is an Israeli footballer who plays for Hapoel Be'er Sheva and the Israel national team.
Itamar Nitzan is an Israeli former footballer who playd as a goalkeeper.
The 2017–18 season is Beitar Jerusalem 81st season since its establishment in 1936, and 70th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2017–18 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League. In the end of the previous season the association of Israeli football decide that The owner Tabib can't manage the team for 2 years, because his involvement in criminal case. In 28 May the owner Eli Tabib announced the joining of the biggest legend of Beitar Eli Ohana to the chairman. Within the preparations of the season, Beitar signed the players: Georginho, Amir Agayev, Zion Tzemah, Miki Siroshtein, Gaëtan Varenne, Or Va'aknin, and one of the successful Israeli players of all times, Yossi Benayoun.
The 2020–21 Toto Cup Al was the 36th season of the third-important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 15th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only.
Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah (Hebrew: נאמני תורה ועבודה is a nonprofit organization in Israel that focuses on education research and policy in the Religious Zionist community. The organization supports democratizing the State-controlled religious services, so that the public plays a greater role in religious decision making and functions.
The Jerusalem derby refers to football matches between Jerusalem-based teams Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem. The teams have met on 70 separate occasions, 58 of which were in the league, 6 in the State Cup, two in the Toto Cup and one Exhibition game in 1969 that Hapoel win. Beitar Jerusalem has been the more dominant side in the derby, with 32 wins, while Hapoel Jerusalem won 16 times.
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