Thought if Poland has one, why shouldnt we...

So, european basketball championship will finally return to Lithuania - first time after 1939, when the balts both hosted and succesfully defended their european crown that they had wonne in 1937. Back then Lith's were dominating european basketball world winning two out of three championships staged before beeing forcebly incorporated into USSR, adding also, that basketball for lithuanians means way more than football to brasilians or englishmen, rugby for australians or cricket to pakistanis - this championship is uber important for us. And thus we are preparing for it slowly, but with confidence.


Venues

Built:

City - Vilnius
Name - Siemens arena
Capacity - 11.000
Year built - 2004

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/800px-SiemensArenaFacade.jpg

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/SiemensArenaBasketball.jpg

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/SiemensArenaInnerView.jpg

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City - Siauliai
Name - Siauliai arena
Capacity - 5,500
Year built - 2007

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/800px-SiauliuArena.jpg

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/800px-Siauliu_arena.jpg

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/800px-SiauliuArenavidus.jpg

U/C:

City - Panevezys
Name - Panevezys arena
Capacity - ~7,232
Year built - 2008?

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/Diena_galas_virsus.jpg

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/Diena_priekis_virsus.jpg

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/vidus.jpg

construction pics by (c)dts from miestai.net
http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/IMGP7612.jpg

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070916/IMGP7632.jpg

very nice photos... thank you very much :okay:

Paperwork and project preparing ongoing:

City - Kaunas
Name - Kaunas arena
Capacity - 14,637
Year built - 2010?

http://g.delfi.lt/images/pix/file13758980_IMG_9002.jpghttp://g.delfi.lt/images/pix/file13758984_IMG_9003.jpg

http://g.delfi.lt/images/pix/file13758992_IMG_9006.jpg

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City - Klaipeda
Name - Klaipeda arena
Capacity - 7,500
Year built - 2010?

No good renderings available yeat, but i'll surely post them as soon as i'll get them

The teritory of the arena is located just nearby soon u/c Kursas tower (186m) and rest of Klaipedas impressive highrise development areas, picture by (c)fatG from miestai.net

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http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070619/pano%20mod.jpg

this one will be very interesting

Klaipėda's Arena
Final design chose after architectural contest.

Capacity - 7450 seats concert, 5486 seats basketball, 4100 ice hochey.

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20080208/arena1.jpg


Panevėžys Arena
Under construction

pic by Jonce http://www.miestai.net/forumas/
http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20080211/pan_arena_2_mazas.jpg

wow
really great venues
Any more pics of the Kaunas Arena?

So, it's a little more than 3 years till the championship, in which the clear and undisputed goal of Lithuania is not only to have it as the best organised eurobasket ever, but also - to win it.



Alytus arena

Capacity 5.500 seats, basketball / Status - planned reconstruction

Sports and recreational complex in a 6th largest town of Lithuania, located some 80km southwest of Vilnius, is set to undergo a reconstruction soon. Size of the main basketball hall should be expanded, just as it's vicinities and the complex itself, rebuilt, in a way to meet all of the Fiba requirements.
Alytus sports palace will serve as the 4th host to one of the groups in the first stage of the tournament.



Klaipeda Arena

Capacity - 7450 seats concert, 5486 seats basketball, 4100 ice hochey.

Construction is set to start in the beggining of the next year. Some changes were made to the innitial design and instead of the planned one, there will now be two additional basketball halls (3, together with the main one). Reason for that beeing, the planned relocation of V. Kniausius basketball school, with over 1200 kids. Arena should be finnished in summer of 2010. It should cost 108mln. Litas (~30mln. eur).

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20080208/arena1.jpg



Panevezys Arena

Capacity 7.323 seats, basketball / Status - U/C

Construction is nearing it's end. Arena should be opened on 1st of October.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8909/imgp5083wx6.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3020/imgp5085jm8.jpg

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/5859/imgp5086kn5.jpg

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/2784/imgp5088hp4.jpg

(c)dts, from miestai.net forum



Kaunas Arena

Capacity 14.637 seats, basketball / Status - planned

Constuction of a bridge, connecting center of Kaunas to Nemunas island, in which the arena will be built, should be finnished in about a week. Construction of the Arena should start by the end of this year, or beggining of the next one.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7003/file15150260img2276qe9.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9361/file15150296img2289yg2.jpg

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7413/file15150306img2293ne2.jpg



Siauliai arena

Capacity 5.500 seats, basketball / Status - built

http://foto.terpe.lt/inkelti/20070730/siauliai%20075.jpg

(c)liutass, from miestai.net



Siemens arena, Vilnius

Capacity 11.000 seats, basketball / Status - built

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8149/siemensarenabasketballbj5.jpg



Reserve arenas

Kaunas Darius and Girenas sports centre

Capacity 5.500 seats

Vilnius culture and sports palace

Capacity ~6.000 seats

Sportima hall, Vilnius

Capacity now ~4.000 with a possibillity of extending it to 8.000 to 10.000