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| Full name | Palasport "Mario Radi" |
|---|---|
| Former names | Palasport "Ca' de Somenzi" |
| Address | Piazza Zelioli Lanzini Ennio 1, Cremona, Italy |
| Owner | Comune di Cremona |
| Capacity | Basketball: 3,519 Concerts: 3,498 |
| Surface | Parquet |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1980 |
| Renovated | 2009 |
| Tenants | |
| Vanoli Cremona Pomì Casalmaggiore | |
The PalaRadi (officially Palasport Mario Radi, formerly known as Palasport Ca' de Somenzi) is an indoor arena located in Cremona, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,519 people and it opened in 1980. [1] It is the home of Vanoli Cremona of the Lega Basket Serie A and Pomì Casalmaggiore of the Women's volleyball Serie A1. The venue capacity was first increased in the eighties to 2,918 spectators, and then to 3,519 after a second renovation in 2009, in which the arena was also renamed after Mario Radi. [1] [2] [3]
Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city and province governments. The city of Cremona is especially noted for its musical history and traditions, including some of the earliest and most renowned luthiers, such as Giuseppe Guarneri, Antonio Stradivari, Francesco Rugeri, Vincenzo Rugeri, and several members of the Amati family.
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a European country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Italian Alps and surrounded by several islands. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean sea and traversed along its length by the Apennines, Italy has a largely temperate seasonal climate. The country covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares open land borders with France, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian sea (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the fourth-most populous member state of the European Union.
Guerino Vanoli Basket, also known for sponsorship reasons as Vanoli Cremona, is a professional basketball team of the city of Cremona. The team plays in LBA, the top Italian basketball league. From 1999 to 2011 the society had the name of Gruppo Triboldi Basket. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.
