page_title: PalaLottomatica
section_title: Events hosted
hierarchical_section_title: PalaLottomatica / Events hosted
caption_attribution_description: it:PalaLottomatica, fans of the Pallacanestro Virtus Roma team
context_page_description: PalaLottomatica, formerly known as Palazzo dello Sport or PalaEUR, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Rome, Italy. It is located in the heart of the well known modern EUR complex. The arena hosted the 1960 Olympic basketball tournaments.
  The venue features 8 meetings points, a restaurant for 300 people, and a 2,700 square metre outdoor terrace. It has a seating capacity of 11,200 spectators for basketball games. The PalaLottomatica Rome, together with Mediolanum Forum of Milan, is a member of the European Arenas Association.
context_section_description: The arena hosted the 1960 Olympic basketball tournaments, the EuroBasket 1991 and the 1997 EuroLeague Final Four. It is currently the home arena of the Italian professional basketball team Lottomatica Roma.
  In 1997, the PalaLottomatica hosted the EuroLeague Final Four (in the final, Olympiacos defeated Barcelona, by a score of 73–58), and the final stage of the 2005 Men's European Volleyball Championship, hosting the final between Italy and Russia. An audience of over 14,000 spectators was disappointed, due to a 3–2 comeback victory in Italy, after a thrilling game that lasted over two hours. The WWE held a show at the arena, on November 7, 2008.
  The PalaEUR was also a venue of the 1978 and 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championships, as well as the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. The venue was also named the host of the 2016–17 CEV Champions League Final 4 of volleyball, on April 29 and 30, 2017 - which followed the prior hosting rights to the 2011 event.
  Many artists have performed at the Palazzo dello Sport / PalaLottomatica since the late 1960s and early 1970s: among them, the Rolling Stones in 1970, and the Depeche Mode several times, since 1987, the Cure, Paul McCartney, Iron Maiden, Dire Straits and many others.
  In 1975, a Lou Reed concert was cancelled because of turmoil between the police and groups of people who were protesting against the high prices of concert tickets; because of that turmoil, the Palazzo dello Sport was seriously damaged, and foreign artists refused to perform in Italy for the following 5 years, until Bob Marley performed in Milan in 1980. AC/DC performed a show at the arena in May 1996, during their Ballbreaker World Tour. This arena also hosted an Avril Lavigne concert, during her The Black Star Tour, on September 10, 2011.
  The first artist to perform after the modernization of the arena, and its renaming to PalaLottomatica, was Santana, in 2003. On 9 December 1989, the final draw for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, was held at the Palazzo.
caption: Interior of PalaLottomatica, during a game of Virtus Roma, in 2006
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