Palacio de los Deportes
Palacio de los Deportes | |
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Palacio de los Deportes | |
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Palacio de los Deportes Juan Escutia |
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place | Granjas México Iztacalco , 08400 Mexico City , Mexico |
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 |
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Concrete floor PVC - Flooring |
architect | Félix Candela Outeriño |
capacity | 20,000 seats (sports) 26,000 seats (concert, maximum) |
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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
- ^ Adolf Metzner: Olympia and the Muses. In: zeit.de . dpa , December 27, 1968, accessed on December 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Concert list of the Palacio de los Deportes. In: setlist.fm. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
- ↑ La Aldea de Tauro. In: laaldeadetauro.blogspot.com. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
- ↑ From the South ( Memento from April 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )