Arena Market: Paraguay
Paraguay only has one indoor arena – the 5,500-capacity SND Arena (Secretaría Nacional de Deportes), which is in the centre of the capital city, Asunción, and is state-owned, providing a home for basketball, handball, futsal, volleyball, and other sports.
Having been refurbished in 2018, it is in full swing once more, with Myriam Hernández, Luciano Pereyra, Danny Ocean, and Soledad visiting in recent months.
But in a country sandwiched advantageously between Brazil and Argentina, with an economy that is growing healthily, powered by agriculture, livestock, and hydropower, there is an ambition for more. It could come in the form of the proposed Smart Arena, a 15,000-capacity, state-of-the-art venue, which hopes to be the first sustainable arena in South America.