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The Palaflorio is the main sports hall of the city of Bari, built between 1989 and 1991 to meet the needs of recreational infrastructure of the large city of Bari. It was named in 1993 after Pietro Floriano Florio, president of FIPAV from 1977 to 1978.

Features
The structure has a capacity of 6,000 seats that make it the largest sports hall in the region, third facility in southern Italy after the palaPentimele of Reggio Calabria and the palaMaggiò of Caserta. It is mainly used for sporting events, concerts, fairs and congresses. It was played by the basketball teams of the capital, male and female, as well as those of other sports. He has often organized boxing events.

At the end of July 2019, the renovation of the lighting system was completed. Using 44 Philips BVP427 957 T45 projectors, equipped with asymmetric optics to contain glare phenomena, they were achieved 2000lx horizontal.

Renovation and renovation
Closed in 2003 due to problems of static and maintenance, the structure remained inactive until 2008, when the Municipality of Bari began renovation work to make it accessible and homologable according to all the legal provisions on sports facilities (emergency exits, fire protection systems).

The post-renovation
The delivery and reopening took place in May 2010 and the sports hall was officially inaugurated on August 2 during the first of a series of major basketball events. In fact, Palaflorio hosted all four qualifying matches at the 2011 Eurobasket of the Italian national basketball team coached by Simone Pianigiani. Despite the great following and success that the four home events generated, from September 2010 until early January 2011, the arena was used as the set of a film by Ermanno Olmi entitled The Cardboard Village. In March 2011, the facility will return to host sporting events such as the absolute karate championships, an event valid as the second round of the Italian championships A1 and A2. Starting from the 2011-2012 season, the arena has returned to host a national championship; However, it is not a volleyball championship as in previous seasons, but the CUS Bari Pallacanestro to play the internal competitions of the newly born National Division A, former A-Amateur series. The structure of the Palaflorio is conceived as a multifunctional space for multiple events. This makes it the ideal place to organize large events such as concerts, fairs, sports competitions and congresses for up to 6000 people, as well as meetings for smaller groups at conferences, seminars, receptions or gala dinners.