Location Rethymno, Greece Renovated 2007, 2012 Capacity 1,600 | Surface Parquet Opened 1992 Owner Rethymno | |
Similar Apollon Patras Indoor Hall, OACA Olympic Indoor Hall, Alexandreio Melathron Nick Gali, PAOK Sports Arena, Historical and Folklore | ||
Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall, or Rethymno Municipal Indoor Hall, is an indoor sporting arena that is located in the city of Rethymno, on the Greek island of Crete. The seating capacity of the arena for basketball games is 1,600 people. The arena is owned by the municipality of Rethymno. The arena is named after the famous Greek actress and politician, Melina Mercouri.
History
The hall was opened in the year 1992. The arena has been used as the home arena of the Greek professional basketball team Rethymno Cretan Kings, of the Greek Basket League.
In recent years, the arena's seating capacity was increased from 1,100 to 1,600. This was done because of the fact that Rethymno was going to compete in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, for the first time, during the Greek League 2007–08 season. The final phase of the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was held at the arena.
There are currently plans to further expand the arena again, in the near future.