Palacio de los Deportes

Palacio de los Deportes
Palacio de los Deportes
Earlier names
Palacio de los Deportes Juan Escutia
Data
place	Granjas México Iztacalco , 08400 Mexico City , Mexico
Coordinates	19 ° 24 '19 "  N , 99 ° 5' 59.6"  W Coordinates: 19 ° 24 '19 "  N , 99 ° 5' 59.6"  W.
owner	Mexico city
operator	Grupo CIE
start of building	October 15, 1966
opening	October 8, 1968
surface	Concrete floor PVC - Flooring
architect	Félix Candela Outeriño
capacity	20,000 seats (sports) 26,000 seats (concert, maximum)
Societies)
Mexico Aztecas ( CBA , 1994–1995) Mexico Toros ( CISL , 1995)
Events
Olympic basketball tournament 1968 1968 men's Olympic volleyball tournament Torneo de las Americas 1989 Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2006 Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2007 American Basketball Championship 2015 Concerts Shows

The Palacio de los Deportes ( German  Palace of Sports ) is a multi-purpose hall in the Iztacalco district of the Mexican capital Mexico City on the site of the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca sports complex . The geodesic dome is made of aluminum and is covered with a copper membrane . It is located a few kilometers south of the airport .

history

The hall was built for the 1968 Summer Olympics . It was inaugurated on October 8th of that year by the Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz . During the summer games, men's basketball and volleyball tournaments were held in the event arena . The hall was later used from 1994 to 1995 by the Mexico Aztecas from the CBA for basketball games and in 1995 by the Mexico Toros for indoor soccer .

After the games, the arena was mainly used for concerts and shows . Many artists and bands such as Metallica , KISS or Bruce Springsteen as well as the Cirque du Soleil have performed in the arena . In 1976 and 1987 bullfights were also held in the arena .

The hall was also used by the North American basketball league NBA . A total of 16 preseason games have been played in the hall since 1992 . On December 6, 1997, the game of the Houston Rockets against the Dallas Mavericks (108: 106) was the first regular season game played on Mexican soil.

Web links

• mxcity.mx: 10 cosas que probablemente no sabías del Palacio de los Deportes (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adolf Metzner: Olympia and the Muses. In: zeit.de . dpa , December 27, 1968, accessed on December 28, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Concert list of the Palacio de los Deportes. In: setlist.fm. Retrieved December 28, 2019 . 
3. ↑ La Aldea de Tauro. In: laaldeadetauro.blogspot.com. Retrieved December 28, 2019 . 
4. ↑ From the South ( Memento from April 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )