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.

[3] The arena also hosted the 1968 European Champions cup final in basketball, in which Real Madrid defeated Spartak Brno 98-95[4][5] in front of 8,000 spectators.

[5] The venue also saw France defeat the United States in the 1991 Davis Cup final.

The arena hosted the last Saporta Cup final in 2002, in which Montepaschi Siena won the trophy.

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