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| Full name | Palais des sports du Pays de Charleroi |
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| Former names | La Coupole (1992–2002) RTL Spiroudome (2002–2019) |
| Location | Charleroi,Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°25′26.48″N4°26′46.36″E / 50.4240222°N 4.4462111°E /50.4240222; 4.4462111 |
| Capacity | 6,300 |
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| Opened | 5 April 1992 |
| Renovated | 2002 |
| Expanded | 2002 |
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| Spirou Charleroi (PBL) | |
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TheDÔME is anindoor arena that is located inCharleroi,Belgium. It currently can seat 6,300 spectators (5,440 fan seats, 160 lodge seats, 700 business seats). It is mainly used to host indoor sporting events such astennis andbasketball andconcerts.
However, since they switch the name to DÔME in March 2019, the Arena is also used for a wide range of activities such as conferences, seminaire, enterprise dinner and much more.
Originally designed as an indoor tennis court for aNick Bollettieri Tennis Academy; the hall became too small, especially for the requirements of theSpirou Charleroi basketball team and for this reason the arena was expanded in 2002. The concrete dome was built over the existing building, the game operation was not affected.
Spiroudome opened in 2002. The arena hosted the annualULEB Cup Finals (later re-named to EuroCup Finals) from 2004 to 2008. It has been used as the long-time home arena of the Belgian professional basketball club,Spirou Charleroi.
It has hosted variousFed Cup andDavis Cup ties, among them the2006 Fed Cup Final.[1]
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