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Palestra

Palestra is a arena in Pennsylvania, United States that opened in 1927. Its recorded capacity is 8,725.

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Palestra
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Key facts

Palestra is a arena in Pennsylvania, United States that opened in 1927. Its recorded capacity is 8,725. It is owned by University of Pennsylvania. It is operated by University of Pennsylvania. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Penn Quakers women's basketball, Penn Quakers men's basketball, 2011–12 Penn Quakers men's basketball team, 2012–13 Penn Quakers men's basketball team, 2013–14 Penn Quakers men's basketball team, 2014–15 Penn Quakers men's basketball team, 2014–15 Penn Quakers women's basketball team, 2015–16 Penn Quakers men's basketball team, 2015–16 Penn Quakers women's basketball team, 2016–17 Penn Quakers women's basketball team, 2016–17 Penn Quakers men's basketball team, 2018–19 Penn Quakers men's basketball team, Penn Quakers women's volleyball, La Salle Explorers men's basketball, Temple Owls men's basketball, La Salle Explorers women's basketball, Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball.

Location
Pennsylvania, United States
Type
Arena
Capacity
8,725
Opened
1927
Status
Active
Current owner
University of Pennsylvania
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
0
Location of Palestra
Palestra

Palestra is at latitude 39.95115, longitude -75.18866, in Pennsylvania, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

Data table for this chart
Recorded location of Palestra
FieldValue
Latitude39.95115
Longitude-75.18866
CityPennsylvania
RegionPennsylvania
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Naming rights

No naming history is recorded for this venue.

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Palestra, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerUniversity of PennsylvaniaPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorUniversity of PennsylvaniaPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Palestra and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Penn Quakers women's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Penn Quakers men's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2011–12 Penn Quakers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2012–13 Penn Quakers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2013–14 Penn Quakers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2014–15 Penn Quakers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2014–15 Penn Quakers women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2015–16 Penn Quakers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2015–16 Penn Quakers women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2016–17 Penn Quakers women's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2016–17 Penn Quakers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2018–19 Penn Quakers men's basketball teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Penn Quakers women's volleyballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
La Salle Explorers men's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Temple Owls men's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
La Salle Explorers women's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

31 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Palestra
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set603742026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set603732026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7127443https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestra2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set603722026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set603712026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7127443https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestra2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set603702026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_urlhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7127443https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestra2026-10
22 October 2026venue_rolessource_id132026-10
22 October 2026venuesopened_yearnot set19272026-10
22 October 2026venuescapacity872287252026-10
22 October 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722850022026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563882026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563872026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563862026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563852026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563842026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563832026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563822026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563812026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563802026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563792026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563782026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563772026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563762026-10
22 October 2026venue_roles(created)not set563752026-10

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Palestra (revision 1372285002). Wikidata item: Q7127443.

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