Former names | Nokia Arena (2004–2014) |
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Address | 51 Yigal Alon Street |
Location | Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Owner | Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality |
Operator | Sport Palaces Tel Aviv Yafo Ltd. |
Capacity | 10,383[1] Basketball: 10,728 Concerts: 8,000[2] |
Construction | |
Opened | 17 September 1963 |
Renovated | 1968–1971, 2005–2007 |
Expanded | 1971, 2007 |
Tenants | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1964–present) Hapoel Tel Aviv (2005–2006) Israeli national basketball team | |
Website | |
Menora Mivtachim Arena |
Yad Eliyahu Arena, Hebrew: היכל יד אליהו, known as the Menora Mivtachim Arena (היכל מנורה מבטחים) and formerly as the Nokia Arena (היכל נוקיה) for commercial reasons,[3] is a large multi-purpose sports indoor arena that is located in southeast Tel Aviv, Israel. The arena is primarily used to host tennis matches, basketball games, and concerts.
It is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Tel Aviv Area. The arena is owned by the municipality of Tel Aviv, and is managed by Sports Palaces Ltd., a company also fully owned by the municipality (which also manages Bloomfield Stadium and Drive in Arena). On 1 January 2015, the arena changed its name to Menora Mivtachim Arena.