Cilindro Municipal
| Cilindro Municipal | |
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| The arena in August 2010 | |
| Data | |
| place |
 Montevideo , Uruguay
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 51 '46.3 " S , 56 ° 9' 13.6" W |
| opening | 1956 |
| demolition | 2014 |
| surface |
Concrete parquet |
| architect | Lucas Ríos Demaldé |
| capacity | 18,000 seats |
| Events | |
The Cilindro Municipal ( German "Städtischerylinder" , officially Estadio Dr. Héctor Grauert ) was a multi-purpose hall in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo .
history
The building was opened in 1956 as a convention center and an arena for exhibitions. It was designed and constructed by the architect Lucas Ríos Demaldé and the engineers Alberto Sydney Miller and Leonel Viera. In 1967, World Basketball Championship games were held here .
On October 21, 2010, the building roof collapsed after a fire inside the Cilindro Municipal. The hall floor and hundreds of seats were completely ruined. The interior minister Eduardo Bonomi announced shortly afterwards that the building would be demolished. The demolition of the hall was successfully completed on May 12, 2014.
The new multi-purpose hall Antel Arena was built on the property . It was opened on November 12, 2018 and offers 10,000 seats for basketball and a maximum of 15,000 for concerts.
Concerts
| year | Artist |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Van Halen |
| 1988 | The Mission |
| 1989 | UB40 |
| 1991 | Bob Dylan |
| 2001 | Eric Clapton |
Web links
- Official website of the Cilindro Municipal ( Memento of September 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
- academia.edu: C'era una volta il Cilindro Municipal di Montevideo (Spanish)
- Destruction and demolition of the hall ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ El Antel Arena se inaugura el 12 de noviembre. In: elpais.com.uy. September 11, 2018, Retrieved November 25, 2018 (Spanish).