It was the venue of the
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon tournament. The arena was the regular home venue of
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne for European Champions cup games in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for which it had a maximum capacity for 10,000 spectators. The arena also hosted the 1968
European Champions cup final in
basketball, in which
Real Madrid defeated
Spartak Brno 98-95 in front of 8,000 spectators. In 2006 hosted the
2006 European Figure Skating Championships. ==See also==