Raimundo Saporta Pavilion Raimundo Saporta Pavilion Raimundo Saporta Pavilion (originally known as Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid) was an indoor arena located in Madrid, Spain. It was used particularly for basketball matches of Real Madrid. Until 1999 it was known as the Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid, when it was renamed in honorary of the former president of Real Madrid basketball team, the late Raimundo Saporta. It was demolished in 2004. The arena was inaugurated on 6 January 1966 for the annual intercontinental Philips trophy (later renamed annual Christmas tournament), in which Ignis Varese defeated local Real
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