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14-563: The club was established in 2007, as Paris-Levallois Basket . Its home arena is the Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan , which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people. Levallois has won two titles thus far, winning the French Federation Cup and the Match des Champions (French Supercup), both in 2013. The team is most known for being the former club of Victor Wembanyama , who went on to play in

28-531: A player must have either: Europe : US : Rest of Americas : Africa : Oceania : Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan is a multi-purpose indoor sports arena that is located in Levallois , Paris , France . It is primarily used to host basketball games. The arena is named after the French boxer Marcel Cerdan . The arena has a seating capacity of 4,000. The arena

42-476: Is also the sport of indoor American football (one variant of which is explicitly known as arena football), a variant of the outdoor game that is designed for the usual smaller playing surface of most arenas; variants of other traditionally outdoor sports, including box lacrosse as well as futsal and indoor soccer , also exist. The term "arena" is also used loosely to refer to any event or type of event which either literally or metaphorically takes place in such

56-429: Is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by a roof. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate a multitude of spectators. The word derives from Latin harena , a particularly fine-grained sand that covered the floor of ancient arenas such as

70-592: The 2023 NBA draft , two of the team's players were selected in the top 10 of the draft, with Victor Wembanyama being selected #1 by the San Antonio Spurs and Bilal Coulibaly being selected seventh overall by the Indiana Pacers and then traded to the Washington Wizards . The following season after Wembanyama's departure, Metropolitans struggled in the 2023–24 LNB Élite season . The team finished last in

84-619: The Colosseum in Rome , Italy, to absorb blood. The term arena is sometimes used as a synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl , but such a facility is typically called a stadium . The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with the type of event. Football (be it association , rugby , gridiron , Australian rules , or Gaelic ) is typically played in a stadium, while basketball , volleyball , handball , and ice hockey are typically played in an arena, although many of

98-634: The National Basketball Association (NBA) after being selected number one in the 2023 NBA draft after his sole season with Metropolitans. In 2024, the team, after finishing in last place, was relegated to the Nationale Masculine 1 league. Named after the French Revolution, the club was founded in its current form in 2007, with the merger of Paris Basket Racing , from the city of Paris, and Levallois Sporting Club Basket , from

112-461: The bottom in the 2007–08 season. The club returned to the Pro A at the first opportunity, by claiming the league promotion from the Pro B in the 2008–09 season. Since then, the club has played in the top tier of French basketball. On 5 July 2017, the club's board of directors agreed to change the name of the club to Levallois Metropolitans . On 4 July 2019, former NBA player Boris Diaw was announced as

126-702: The club decided to drop out of playing in the LNB Pro B that season and instead demote themselves further downward into the Nationale Masculine 1 . Metropolitans 92 play their home games at the 4,000 seat Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan . Over the years, the club has also used the 4,200 seat Stade Pierre de Coubertin , as its home venue. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section

140-563: The club's new president, succeeding Jean-Pierre Aubry. In the 2022–23 season, French young star Victor Wembanyama joined the team from ASVEL . Wenbanyama was widely projected to be the number one pick in the 2023 NBA draft . In October 2022, the Metropolitans 92 played two exhibition games against the NBA G League Ignite in the United States, giving the club greater international exposure. In

154-574: The larger arenas hold more spectators than do the stadiums of smaller colleges or high schools. There are exceptions. The home of the Duke University men's and women's basketball teams would qualify as an arena, but the facility is called Cameron Indoor Stadium . Domed stadiums, which, like arenas, are enclosed but have the larger playing surfaces and seating capacities found in stadiums, are generally not referred to as arenas in North America. There

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168-468: The league standing and was relegated to the LNB Pro B. The team's mother organization was previously funded by the Boulogne-Billancourt municipality, however, the municipality decided to cut the basketball club from its costs and searched for investors that were interested in purchasing the team. In May 2024, it was announced that the team had gone bankrupt. However, in order to mitigate the problem,

182-451: The nearby commune of Levallois-Perret , and started to play with the name of Paris-Levallois Basket . The club retains all of the history and titles of Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket . Despite beginning in the top-tier level of French basketball , the LNB Pro A , Paris-Levallois was relegated to the French second-tier level LNB Pro B , after finishing second from

196-506: Was originally opened in 1992. It has been used as the home arena of the French League basketball clubs Paris BR , Levallois Sporting Club , and Metropolitans 92 . This article about a French sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Indoor arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre , musical performances , and/or sporting events . It

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