Polideportivo Islas Malvinas

Islas Malvinas Sports Centre
Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
The arena during a basketball game in 2007
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LocationMar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Coordinates38°01′04″S 57°34′28″W / 38.01778°S 57.57444°W / -38.01778; -57.57444
OwnerGeneral Pueyrredón Partido
TypeArena
CapacityBasketball: 7,666 (permanent seating)
8,000 (full capacity)
Tennis: 9,800
Opened1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Tenants
Peñarol (basketball)
Website
mardelplata.gob.ar/polideportivoemder

The Polideportivo Islas Malvinas is an indoor arena located in Mar del Plata, Argentina which was built for the XII Pan American Games in 1995. It is qualified to host such sports as basketball, handball, volleyball and tennis, as well as to accommodate any type of show, convention and exhibition. In the city, it is mostly known for being the stage where C.A. Peñarol play their home games first division basketball and local levels.

It belongs to the Teodoro Bronzini sports centre and is owned by the General Pueyrredón Partido.

The arena's name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas in Spanish).