Palaverde is the indoor sporting arena “home” of the Panthers of Imoco Volley Conegliano and it is located in Villorba, 5 kilometres from Treviso, the capital of the province.
It was built in 1983 by the Benetton Group, which is also the owner, and it was one of the first private sporting arenas in Italy. It is half underground and has a seating capacity of 5344, which increases by one thousand during concerts, in which spectators can also occupy part of the volleyball court. It consists of three tiers: one on the underground floor, another one on the ground floor and the third one on the upper floor.
It has four changing rooms for players, in addition to the ones for referees and judges. Inside the arena there is also an infirmary, a weight room, a room for doping control, an office and a directional zone that operates the cubic scoreboard above the court and the four giant screens in the corners of the arena. There is a large parking space outside, with more than three thousand parking lots.
It has been hosting all of Imoco Volley home games since the 2012/13 season, both in the championship and cup matches , and very often its 5344 seats have all been sold out which has earned the spectators of the yellow and blue Panthers the record for the highest number of spectators of Italian Serie A1 each year since 2013.
Recently Palaverde was the venue of the Supercoppa final in December 2016, and of Coppa Italia final four in 2014. Since 2014/15 it has also been hosting the home games of De’ Longhi Treviso (men’s basketball Serie A2).
In the past it was home to very important men’s teams such as Benetton Basketball Treviso and Sisley Volleyball Treviso. Quite a few final rounds of prestigious volleyball and basketball events were played in Palaverde like Eurocup final four in 2011, men’s volleyball Champions Cup in 2000, men’s volleyball Club World Championship final round in 1992 and men’s volleyball Coppa Italia final four in 1991.