Plaça de toros de Palma
The Plaça de toros de Palma ( Castilian Plaza de toros de Palma ) or Colisseu Balear ( Coliseo Balear ) is the bullring of Palma , the capital of the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca and the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands .
The 11,620-seat arena with four main boxes and a diameter of 44.5 meters is located in Avenida del Arquitecto Gaspar Bennazar , northeast of the center of Palma. It is owned by Exclusivas Balaña SA , based in Barcelona . The Colisseu Balear is on the monument protection list of the city of Palma.
history
The 11,000 square meter bullring in Palma was planned from 1915. The architect Gaspar Bennàssar i Moner was commissioned with the creation . After the foundation stone was laid on August 21, 1928, the first bullfight (Corrida) took place on July 29, 1929, and the historicizing rotunda was inaugurated . The Colisseu Balear has been owned by Exclusivas Balaña since 1956 . The arena is rarely used for bullfights. Major sports, culture and show business events take place here. Joe Cocker , the Scorpions , Mike Oldfield and Simply Red performed in the arena of Palma . In 1999, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 the summer special of the TV show “ Wetten, dass ..? " instead of. The Plaça de toros de Palma is the only bullring in the world where an ATP - Tennis tournament was organized.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl-Heinz Eiferle: Blood only rarely flows here (80 years of the bullring) , in Mallorca Zeitung No. 467, page 6
Coordinates: 39 ° 35 ′ 1 ″ N , 2 ° 39 ′ 30 ″ E