Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Indoor sports stadium in Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bangalore, India.
Kanteerava Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena near Cubbon Park in Bengaluru with a capacity of 4,000. Its elliptical dome is made of 120 precast folded plates, each 40 mm thick, spanning about 40 metres between an 8-metre ring beam on 24 arch columns and a 16 x 8-metre top ring at 29 metres. A small paraboloid dome sits on the top ring.
The stadium was built on the site of Sampangi Lake, which was filled and converted into a sports complex. It has hosted the SABA Championship in 2015 and 2016, when India's national basketball team won gold both times.
The stadium is named after Kanteerava, a figure from Karnataka's history, and its main sporting use is basketball: it hosted the SABA Championship in 2015 and 2016, when India's national team won gold both times. The arena seats 4,000 spectators.
Of the eight entrances, five are for the public, one for VIPs, one for stadium officials and one for players, so check which gate your ticket names. The arena stands near Cubbon Park in the central administrative area of Bengaluru.
The dome's 120 precast folded plates, each averaging 2 m across and 40 mm thick, span about 40 m between the 8 m ring beam and a 16 m x 8 m top ring at 29 m. A small elliptical paraboloid in-situ dome 4 m high sits on that top ring.
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