PalaBarbuto , also known by its sponsorship name of PalaEldo , is an indoor sporting arena located in Naples , Italy . The facility is located in Viale Giochi del Mediterraneo , in close proximity to the Olympic swimming pool Piscina Felice Scandone .
13-519: The arena was built and inaugurated in 2003, with a capacity of 4,000 seats, to host Basketball Napoli matches, due to the structural decay of the Mario Argento, located opposite on viale Giochi del Mediterraneo. Originally named after the sports reporter Lello Barbuto and now bearing the name of Eldo Megastore, a chain of Italian electronics mega stores, it is currently the home of the professional basketball teams Nuova AMG Sebastiani Basket of
26-600: Is an Italian professional basketball team of the city of Naples . It's the de facto successor of the Basket Napoli which was dissolved in 2009. The team has achieved the promotion to the Serie A after the end of the 2020–21 season of the Serie A2 Basket . In August 2016, after a corporate failure of S.S. Basket Napoli , Ciro Ruggiero founded a new team, known as Cuore Napoli Basket . The transfer of
39-483: The Lega Basket and Eldo Napoli . In September 2006, its seating capacity was increased to 5,500 in order to comply with Euroleague arena requirements, which at that time required a minimum of 5,000 seats. In 2016, PalaBarbuto was closed for a number of games due to problems with electrical and fire safety systems. In 2019, in view of the 2019 Summer Universiade , the facility underwent a profound restyling work:
52-507: The Russian invasion of Ukraine . On May 1, Napoli defeated Fortitudo Bologna at PalaDozza , achieving the salvation from relegation. After not making the playoffs in the 2021-22 season, the club decided to take new players during the offseason. These include Jordan Howard , Robert Johnson , David Michineau , Elijah Stewart and JaCorey Williams . On January 3, 2023, Buscaglia was esonerated and Cesare Pancotto ended up becoming
65-402: The 6th place in group D with 36 points, but it lost in the semifinals against Pallacanestro Palestrina. In June 2019, the club announced that it had purchased the sports title from Legnano Basket Knights , obtaining the right to participate in the 2019–20 Serie A2 season. However, the season began with three consecutive defeats against NPC Rieti, Basket Latina and Junior Casale . Gianluca Lulli
78-480: The Universiade, were installed the following September, to replace the old luminous display board. 40°49′21″N 14°10′45″E / 40.822442°N 14.179214°E / 40.822442; 14.179214 This article about an Italian sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Napoli Basket (2016) Napoli Basket , known for sponsorship reasons as GeVi Napoli ,
91-462: The end of the 2017–18 season , Cuore Napoli Basket relegated to Serie B, after losing in the playouts against Roseto Sharks . At the end of the season, the management passed to the Neapolitan entrepreneurs Federico Grassi and Francesco Tavassi and the club changed its name to Napoli Basket. Gianluca Lulli was signed as new head coach. In 2018–19 Serie B, Napoli Basket closed the regular season at
104-499: The final. On 27 June 2021, following the victory in the playoff's finals against Udine, Napoli was promoted to Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Despite a good start of the season, on 15 March 2022, coach Sacripanti was sacked following several defeats and the club hired Maurizio Buscaglia as new head coach. Moreover, on 29 March, Napoli signed the Lithuanian center Artūras Gudaitis , who had left Zenit Saint Petersburg following
117-488: The first two rounds, Napoli defeated Olimpia Milano in the final, winning the first Italian Cup of its history. (colours: Italian or homegrown players ; foreign players ; young players) Josh Mayo Joshua Andrew Mayo (born 17 July 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). May was selected for
130-705: The head coach after being an assistant coach for the team. During the season, they engaged Devin Davis , Joe Young and Thomas Wimbush . Though Johnson, Davis, Williams , Agravanis and Zanotti would all leave the club before the end of the season. In 2023, Alessandro Dalla Salda became the new CEO and hired the Croatian Igor Miličić as new head coach. Moreover, the club signed important players like Jacob Pullen , Tyler Ennis , Michał Sokołowski , Tariq Owens and Markel Brown . On 18 February 2024, after having ousted Pallacanestro Brescia and Reggiana in
143-439: The parquet was replaced, as well as the lighting system, changing rooms and services. Safety measures were improved and the necessary interventions were carried out to make the upper grandstand usable again, bringing the arena's capacity back to 5,500 seats. In compliance with FISU requirements, two LED wall screens were installed, rented specifically for the event and removed at the end. Two new LED walls, similar to those used for
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#1732772446695156-540: The sporting title from Cilento Basket Agropoli allowed the newborn Neapolitan team to play in the 2016–17 Serie B. In the same season, Cuore Napoli Basket managed to win promotion to Serie A2 , after having arrived first in Group C of the regular season and beat Bergamo Basket in the playoff's final. During the same season Napoli also won his first Italian Cup in the National Basketball League. At
169-527: Was sacked and the expert coach Stefano Sacripanti was signed. Napoli ended the regular season at the 8th place, achieving the second phase, which however was never played due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In the next summer, important players like Josh Mayo and Jordan Parks were signed. In the 2020–21 season, the team won its second Italian LNP Cup (the first in Serie A2), beating APU Udine for 80–69 in
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