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National Basketball Arena, also known as Tallaght Arena or the ESB Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Tallaght, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is used mainly for basketball events. The capacity of the arena is 2,500 people and opened in 1993.
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Sports
Basketball
Ireland against Luxembourg in 2009 in the National Basketball Arena
The Ireland national basketball team play their home matches in the Arena. The Arena hosts the Irish Superleague final each year.
Boxing
The Arena has hosted many fights including Wayne McCullough and Oisin Fagan.
Wrestling
The Arena hosted an American wrestling rampage show in 2008 which featured wrestlers such as Chris Masters, Rene Dupree and Scotty 2 Hotty.
The Arena has also hosted many Irish Whip Wrestling shows which have featured wrestlers such as Tatanka, Daivari, Balls Mahoney, Nigel McGuinness, Andy Boy Simmonz and Chad Collyer
External links
- Firhouse Basketball Club are a local Ladies Basketball club.
Firhouse Basketball Club homepage
Coordinates: 53°17′32″N 6°20′4″W / 53.29222°N 6.33444°W
Categories:- Sports venues in South Dublin (county)
- Indoor arenas in the Republic of Ireland
- Basketball in South Dublin (county)
- Basketball in Ireland
- Northern European sports venue stubs
- Irish building and structure stubs
- Irish sport stubs
- Firhouse Basketball Club are a local Ladies Basketball club.
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