{{Short description|Sporting arena in Trieste, Italy}} {{Infobox venue | name = PalaTrieste | nickname = | image = Allianz Wall e Parquet.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_alt = | caption = The central arena during a home match (2018) | fullname = Palazzo Dello Sport Cesare Rubini di Trieste<ref name="PALASPORT CESARE RUBINI">[http://www.triesteoggi.tv/it/notizie-di-trieste/palasport-di-trieste-intitolato-a-cesare-rubini-campione-di-pallanuoto-e-basket-deceduto-alcuni-mesi-fa PALASPORT DI TRIESTE INTITOLATO A CESARE RUBINI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103100327/http://www.triesteoggi.tv/it/notizie-di-trieste/palasport-di-trieste-intitolato-a-cesare-rubini-campione-di-pallanuoto-e-basket-deceduto-alcuni-mesi-fa |date=2017-01-03 }}{{in lang|it}}</ref><ref name="NUOVO PALAZZO">[http://www.polistudio.net/default.asp?id=646 NUOVO PALAZZO DELLO SPORT DI TRIESTE]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | former_names = Palazzo Dello Sport di Trieste (1999-2011)<br>Alma Arena (2017-2018)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.triesteprima.it/sport/palarubini-cambia-nome-alma-arena-28-novembre-2016.html |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=28 November 2016 |title=Il PalaTrieste diventa "Alma Arena" |website=triesteprima.it |access-date=6 November 2017 |language=Italian |trans-title=PalaTrieste becomes "Alma Arena"}}</ref> | location = Via Flavia, 3 34100 TRIESTE (TS), Italy<ref name="Telit Trieste">{{Cite web |url=http://195.56.77.208/team/?teamid=912 |title=Telit Trieste |access-date=2014-07-03 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115042/http://195.56.77.208/team/?teamid=912 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|45|37|21.99|N|13|47|41.84|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | broke_ground = | built = 1994-1999<ref name="NUOVO PALAZZO"/> | opened = 1999<ref name="NUOVO PALAZZO"/> | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = City of Trieste | operator = | surface = Parquet | scoreboard = | construction_cost = | architect = Studio TECO+ Partners (Bologna) | project_manager = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | general_contractor = | main_contractors = | capacity = 6,943 (Basketball)<ref name="Telit Trieste"/> | record_attendance = | dimensions = | tenants = Pallacanestro Trieste <small>(LBA) (1999-present)</small> }}
'''PalaTrieste''', officially known as '''Palazzo dello sport Cesare Rubini'''<ref name="PALASPORT CESARE RUBINI"/> is an indoor sporting arena located in Trieste, Italy. Opened in 1999,<ref name="NUOVO PALAZZO"/> it has a seating capacity for 6,943 people<ref name="Telit Trieste"/> and is currently home for Pallacanestro Trieste basketball team.
==History== ===Allianz sponsorship=== All started when, in 2015, Allianz became new top sponsor of the Italian basketball team Pallacanestro Trieste, based in PalaTrieste.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilgiornaledellosport.net/notizie/basket/2016/09/26/66995-allianz-pallacanestro-trieste-2004-partnership-prosegue-la-stagione-20162017/ |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 March 2017 |title=Allianz e Pallacanestro Trieste 2004: una partnership che prosegue per la stagione 2016/2017|website=ilgiornaledellosport.net|language=Italian |trans-title=Allianz and Pallacanestro Trieste 2004: a partnership that goes on for the 2016/2017 season}}</ref>
In 2017, the German insurance company sponsored a new parquet basketball court,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.triesteprima.it/sport/allianz-italia-e-pallacanestro-trieste-2004-occasione-dell-allianz-day-la-partnership-porta-in-dote-il-nuovo-parquet-all-alma-arena-23-marzo-2017.html |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 March 2017 |title=All'Alma arena come in Nba: nuovo parquet firmato Allianz|website=triesteprima.it|language=Italian |trans-title=Alma arena like Nba: new parquet sponsored by Allianz}}</ref> and later in 2018, a new scoreboard called ''Allianz Wall'' was installed in the Trieste arena.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pallacanestrotrieste2004.it/allianz-wall-pronto-segnapunti-4-megaschermi-dellalma-arena/ |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=13 March 2018 |title=ALLIANZ WALL: PRONTO IL NUOVO SEGNAPUNTI CON 4 MEGASCHERMI DELL’ALMA ARENA |website=pallacanestrotrieste2004.it |language=Italian |trans-title=Allianz Wall: new scoreboard of Alma Arena with 4 large screens is ready}}</ref>
In 2018 Allianz signed a deal to become new title sponsor of the arena, so PalaTrieste officially became '''Allianz Dome''' until 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/sport/2018/06/12/news/trieste-allianz-sponsorizzera-il-palasport-del-basket-si-chiamera-allianz-dome-1.16955337 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=12 June 2018 |title=Trieste, Allianz sponsorizzerà il palasport del basket: si chiamerà Allianz Dome |website=ilpiccolo.gelocal.it |language=Italian |trans-title=Trieste, Allianz will sponsor the basketball palasport: it will be called Allianz dome |access-date=13 October 2018 |archive-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914165547/http://m.ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/sport/2018/06/12/news/trieste-allianz-sponsorizzera-il-palasport-del-basket-si-chiamera-allianz-dome-1.16955337 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> image:PalaTrieste.jpg|{{center|PalaTrieste before the Allianz sponsorship (2007)}} image:Palatrieste25-09-2010.jpg|{{center|PalaTrieste during a volleyball match before new Allianz Wall (2010)}} image:PalaRubini Allianz Dome.jpg|{{center|New Allianz Dome logo outside the arena}} image:L'esterno di PalaTrieste Allianz Dome.jpg|{{center|Allianz Dome facade}} </gallery>
==See also== * List of indoor arenas * List of basketball arenas
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.hsh.info/pala-ts.htm Photo of the arena under construction]
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Category:Basketball venues in Italy Category:Indoor arenas in Italy Category:Pallacanestro Trieste Category:Sports venues in Italy Category:Sports venues completed in 1999 Category:1999 establishments in Italy