Built for basketball. Designed for entertainment. Powered by some of the most ambitious technology in European sports.
In this episode of Royal Key, Sports Dissected travels to Valencia, Spain, for an all-access tour of Roig Arena - the new $470 million home of Valencia Basket and one of Europe’s most technologically advanced sports and entertainment venues.
Designed by HOK and ERRE, Roig Arena combines basketball, concerts, hospitality and technology within a venue built to transform depending on the event. We explore the arena bowl, premium spaces, locker rooms, behind-the-scenes infrastructure and the technology woven throughout the building — including its dynamic exterior façade, massive LED displays and one of the most advanced scoreboard systems in Europe.
But Roig Arena is about more than what happens inside. The project was designed as a new gathering place for Valencia, connecting the arena to the surrounding neighborhood, public spaces and the city itself.
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