Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall

  • KK Cibona Zagreb
  • Summer Universiade 1987
  • Concerts

The Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall - (Croatian Košarkaški centar Dražen Petrović Dražen Petrović or Dvorana ) is a multi-purpose hall in the Croatian capital Zagreb. It is owned and home ground for the basketball club KK Cibona Zagreb. The hall is currently offering visitors 5,400 seats and was built for Summer Universiade in 1987.

By 1993, the arena was called Cibona Sports Center. In memory of Drazen Petrovic, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, one of the best European basketball player of all time and former player of Cibona Zagreb, the sports complex was named on 4 October 1993. Dražen Petrović died on 7 June 1993 in a car accident on the A9 in Denkendorf, near Ingolstadt. Along the hall is the museum Muzey Drazen Petrovic. It was officially opened on 7 June 2006; the 13th anniversary of the death Drazen Petrovic.

In the Hall concerts are also aligned. In 1989, Archbishop Franjo Kuharić organized the first Christmas concert; this takes place annually since then. Moreover, were among others P! Nk, Pet Shop Boys, José Carreras, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Seal, Muse, Diana Krall, Nightwish, Simple Minds, Michael Bolton, Boney M., Bryan Ferry and Pain on.

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