ODESSA, Feb. 25 - Two new sports palaces and one renovated and a rebuilt one will operate in Odessa region ahead of the EuroBasket 2015 European Basketball Championship, Odessa Regional State Administration Chairman Eduard Matviychuk said at a meeting on preparations for holding the championship in Odessa.

He said that as for the new sports palaces, the issue concerns the construction of an entirely new facility designed for more than 10,000 seats on the grounds of the former October Revolution Plant and a universal training facility that is to be located outside of Odessa.