President
Macky Sall promised to build a new basketball arena, after
Senegal won the
AfroBasket Women 2015. The objective was to replace the
Marius Ndiaye Stadium as the home arena for both men and women basketball teams in Senegal. The Dakar Arena was broke down on 9 May 2016, by President
Macky Sall, Prime Minister
Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne and many basketball players. On 8 August 2018, the Dakar Arena was inaugurated by
Macky Sall. It hosted all matches of the
2019 Women's Afrobasket. The final took place in front of a capacity crowd of 15,000. The Dakar Arena hosted the Sahara Conference of the
Basketball Africa League in several BAL seasons. In the
2025 BAL season, the Sahara Conference games were played at the Dakar Arena, with a total attendance of 47,525 and an average attendance of 2,640 per game over 18 games. ==See also==