Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Spor Salonu

The Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Spor Salonu sits on the Muradiye Campus of Celal Bayar University, a facility that has traded identities with the city itself. It was opened on February 4, 2013, by Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who lent his name to the complex as the Prof. Dr. Ümit Doğay Arınç Kültür Merkezi. The wooden floor, confirmed by academic speed tests conducted on the surface, serves as the primary stage for university athletes and occasional national championships in Karate and Taekwondo.

Professional basketball sees the venue used by Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor for home fixtures, though the team also camps at the Tarık Almış Spor Salonu. Official reports cite 500 places for the hall in isolation, while a 2015 government document expands that figure to 600 for the broader cultural center complex. The address sits in the Ahmet Bedevi neighborhood of the Şehzadeler district. The facility is managed through the university’s main portal, https://www.mcbu.edu.tr/. It remains a working hall for the Faculty of Sports Sciences.