P.A.O.K. Sports Arena (in Greek: Κλειστό γήπεδο ΠΑΟΚ) is located in Pylaia, Thessaloniki, Greece and it hosts the P.A.O.K. B.C. and P.A.O.K. V.C. departments of P.A.O.K. It was opened in the year 2000 and in the same year it hosted the Euroleague and Greek Cup final-fours. It is built on land donated by Ioannis Dedeoglou, for which P.A.O.K. B.C. holds an annual tournament in his honor. It has 8,500 seats for fans and guests (8,700 counting media seating) and has 502 parking spots. The P.A.O.K. volleyball department P.A.O.K. V.C. had to wait until 2002 to begin using the stadium.
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