Construction of PAOK Sports Arena
PAOK BC had to wait 10 years from the laying of the arena's foundations (on March 18, 1990) and 12 years from the time Ioannis Dedeoglou donated the land (June 17, 1988) until the sports arena was complete.
Ioannis and his brother Thanasis Dedeoglou first began to think about a new major European sports arena in Thessaloniki in 1991, by donating land to PAOK. A proposal to host the Euroleague Final Four in the new Arena, increased the motivation to complete the stadium. FIBA Europe accepted the offer and the construction was finished in time. The stadium also hosted earlier that year the Greek Cup Final Four, as its first major event.
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