BlasTech Gikosphere

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BlasTech Gikosphere

General information
Location	Coruscant^[1]
Usage
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era^[1]
Affiliation	Galactic Cup of Limmie^[1] Team Coruscant^[1]

[Source]

"Naturally we were hoping to win, especially in front of the home-planet crowd."

―Jipoly Numifolis, captain of Team Coruscant^[src]

The BlasTech Gikosphere was a limmie stadium on Coruscant and home to the planet's representative in the Galactic Cup of Limmie, Team Coruscant. The 120,000-seat building was only filled to one-tenth capacity during the Cup's 22 BBY opening round because of the sport's unpopularity on the galactic capital world. When Coruscant took on the planet of Fondor's visiting team, the inexperienced Team Coruscant lost the game, with one score to Fondor's three. The stadium was the origin of a HoloNet News article covering the results of the Coruscant–Fondor game and the Galactic Cup's other opening matches that were played across the galaxy. A Roonan was employed at the Gikosphere as a Match Master.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

The BlasTech Gikosphere was mentioned in an issue of the HoloNet News feed (2002), Volume 531, Issue 47, that was published in-universe on the fourteenth day of the third month in 22 BBY. The article that references the location, titled "Coruscant Eliminated in Galactic Cup Opening Round," was written by Pablo Hidalgo and Paul Ens. The article's picture, depicting Coruscant's game against Fondor, was drawn by Joe Corroney.^[2]