SPC Vojvodina (Serbian: ???????? ? ???????? ?????? "?????????", Sportski i poslovni centar "Vojvodina"), commonly referred to as SPENS, is a multi-purpose venue located in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. It operates under publicly owned company JP "Sportski i poslovni centar Vojvodina", which in addition to SPENS also has "Sajmi?te Sports Center" under its umbrella.
Video SPC Vojvodina
Features
Sprawled over 85,000 m2, SPENS consists of main hall (capacity: 7,022 seats), 'small' hall (capacity: 1,030), ice-hockey rink (capacity: 1,623), bowling alley, shooting range, 3 training halls, swimming pool, 11 tennis courts, media center, 2 press centers, amphitheater, reception salon, conference hall, double-level garage, and 215 retail and business spaces that house banks, furniture stores, tourist agencies, jewelers, bookstores, pool halls, fitness clubs, boutiques, etc.
Its construction was completed in less than 2 years, and on April 14, 1981, SPENS opened its door for the first time, its inaugural event being the 36th World Table Tennis Championships in Novi Sad (Serbian: Stonotenisko Prvenstvo Evrope Novi Sad - SPENS, hence the unofficial name of the venue).
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Sports
SPENS' most famous residents are basketball's KK Vojvodina Srbijagas (participating in Basketball League of Serbia) and volleyball's OK Vojvodina.
In 1987, Spens hosted basketball's European Cup Winners' Cup Final. Cibona Zagreb defeated Scavolini Pesaro 89-74.
The venue received its biggest media exposure when it hosted round-robin action of Eurobasket 2005 in group D which consisted of Spain, Latvia, Israel and host country Serbia and Montenegro. For this occasion SPENS received a major facelift that included improvements to building's technological capabilities, overhaul of its media center and addition of two video boards - one on each end of the main hall.
The arena hosted the Group C (group stage) and the Group II of the main round, which consisted of Spain, Croatia, France, Hungary, Slovenia and Iceland of the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship.
Since volleyball is very popular in Novi Sad, Serbia men's national volleyball team often plays its FIVB World League home matches in SPENS, as well as its friendly warm-up games.
Concerts & Events
In addition to sporting events, SPENS is often utilized as venue of choice for numerous concerts, film premieres, conventions, etc. The first ever concert held at SPENS was by Sedmorica Mladih, drawing a crowd of 5,000 people. Some of the other concerts have been:
- Piloti (band) on November 28, 2009;
- Van Gogh (band) on December 12, 2009;
- Zlatan Stipi?i? Gibonni on October 1, 2011;
- Aca Lukas on November 5, 2011;
- Zdravko ?oli? on December 24, 2011;
- Aca Lukas on November 8, 2012;
- Tony Cetinski on March 8, 2012;
- Ana Bekuta on April 19, 2012;
- Dino Merlin on April 27, 2012;
- Parni Valjak on May 25, 2012;
- Tozovac on March 8, 2013;
- Riblja ?orba on May 30, 2013;
- Severina Vu?kovi? on October 18, 2013;
- Svetlana Ra?natovi? Ceca on November 22 and 23, 2013;
- Bajaga i Instruktori on December 27, 2013;
- Lepa Brena on February 14, 2014;
- Doris Dragovi? on March 8, 2014.
See also
- List of indoor arenas in Serbia
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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