Auditorio Nacional
| Auditorio Nacional | |
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| El Coloso de Reforma | |
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| The Auditorio Nacional (2015) | |
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 Mexico City , Mexico
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| Coordinates | 19 ° 25 '29.1 " N , 99 ° 11' 41.5" W |
| opening | 1952 |
| Renovations | 1990 |
| architect | Fernando Peña Ingenieros Óscar de Buen Guillermo Salazar Polanco (1952) Teodoro González de León Abraham Zabludovsky (1990) |
| capacity | 10,000 seats |
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The Auditorio Nacional is an event hall in Mexico City near Chapultepec Park that seats 10,000 spectators. The hall is located on the Paseo de la Reforma , the main thoroughfare of the Mexican capital.
history
The Auditorio Nacional opened in 1952 and hosted volleyball and basketball games during the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1954 . In 1958 the San Francisco Ballet and the New York Philharmonic performed in the Auditorio Nacional .
During the 1968 Summer Olympics, gymnastics competitions were held in the Auditorio Nacional . For this, the hall was equipped with 3000 additional, mobile seats, so that there was a total of 12,450 spectators. As a result, mainly international concerts, exhibitions, dance events and film screenings took place. In 1990 the hall was renovated. In 1993 and 2007 the Miss Universe was chosen in the Auditorio Nacional .
literature
- Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, Volume 2: The Organization . Mexico City 1968. Part 1 (PDF; 16.4 MB), Part 2 (PDF; 18.8 MB)
Web links
- auditorio.com.mx: Official homepage of the Auditorio Nacional (Spanish)
- miusync.com: El Coloso de Reforma - 60 años del Auditorio Nacional (Spanish)
Competition venues for the 1968 Summer Olympics
