Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok

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Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok
Former names Győri Városi Sportcsarnok
Location Győr, Hungary
Coordinates 47°41′52.9″N17°40′3.74″E / 47.698028°N 17.6677056°E / 47.698028; 17.6677056
Owner City of Győr
Capacity 2,800 (handball) [1]
Field size 46 x 28 m
Construction
Broke ground 1974
Opened 1976
Renovated 1995
Tenants
Győri ETO KC
Győri ETO FKC
Győri ETO Futsal Club
Győr Women Basketball Club
VKLSE Győr

Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok is a multi-use indoor arena in Győr, Hungary, named after Mihály Magvassy, a physical education teacher who founded the first sports school in the city in 1856. [2]

Győr City with county rights in Hungary

Győr is the most important city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia region, and—halfway between Budapest and Vienna—situated on one of the important roads of Central Europe. The city is the sixth-largest in Hungary, and one of the seven main regional centres of the country.

Hungary Country in Central Europe

Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world, and among the few non-Indo-European languages to be widely spoken in Europe. Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.

History

The idea of building a new indoor arena came up in the late 1960s, when the city had two handball clubs in the top division on the men's side and also the women's team had been set up successfully. The city council approved to invest to the project on 10 April 1970 and the construction began in 1974. It was inaugurated as an exhibition and sports hall in 1976. [3]

In preparation for the 1995 World Women's Handball Championship, that was co-hosted by Austria and Hungary, the arena went through a complete renovation to become a sports hall of the highest standards. [3]

The 1995 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Austria and Hungary 5–17 December 1995. It was the only to have 20 teams and the first to have multiple hosts. South Korea won its first title in Vienna.

Beside the professional sport events, the arena also hosts a number other programs such as exhibitions, concerts, seminars, balls and fairs. [3]

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References

  1. "Győr – Magvassy Sportcsarnok" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  2. "Magvassy Mihály" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Electronic Library. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "A Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok bemutatása" (in Hungarian). Győr-Gyárváros Official Website. Retrieved 11 June 2011.