DSC Indoor Arena
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DSC Indoor Arena is a description of a new multi-use indoor arena in Dubai
, United Arab Emirates
that was under construction until construction stopped because of the late-2000s recession . Once completed, it will mainly be used for basketball
, tennis
, ice hockey
, and other indoor sports, as well as music concerts. It was due to open in 2009 and will have a capacity of 10,000 spectators. It is part of the new mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, Dubai Sports City
and was to host The Legends Rock Dubai
tennis tournament starting in 2009. It was postponed until 2010.
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
that was under construction until construction stopped because of the late-2000s recession . Once completed, it will mainly be used for basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, and other indoor sports, as well as music concerts. It was due to open in 2009 and will have a capacity of 10,000 spectators. It is part of the new mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, Dubai Sports City
Dubai Sports City
The Dubai Sports City is a $4 billion, mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The city will consist of apartment buildings as well as several sports facilities. The first structures opened in late 2007...
and was to host The Legends Rock Dubai
The Legends Rock Dubai
The Legends Rock Dubai is the last event in the Outback Champions Series for senior tennis players. It is held each year in November in Dubai, UAE....
tennis tournament starting in 2009. It was postponed until 2010.