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Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona(also known as thePavelló Olímpic de Badalona) is anarenain theGorgarea ofBadalona,Catalonia,Spain.The arena holds 12,760 people, and it is primarily used forbasketball,though it is also an habitual home formusicconcerts and other municipal events.
Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona | |
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| Location | Av. Alfons XIII, s/n Badalona,Spain08921 |
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| Coordinates | 41°26′32.69″N2°13′55.72″E/ 41.4424139°N 2.2321444°E |
| Public transit |    atGorg |
| Owner | City ofBadalona |
| Capacity | Basketball:12,760 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1990 |
| Opened | 1991 |
| Construction cost | 35 millionEUR |
| Architect | Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius |
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| Joventut de Badalona | |
History
editBuilt in 1991, it was opened in 1992 with a basketball game betweenCataloniaandCroatia;where Croatians won by 118-82 led with 30 points ofToni Kukočand 21 points ofDražen Petrović.[1]
The arena hosted thebasketballtournament of the1992 Summer Olympics,the1992 Olympic Basketball Tournament.It was designed by the architectsEsteve BonellandFrancesc Rius,who won the 1992European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecturefor this building.
It is also the home arena ofJoventut de Badalona,one of the most important professionalbasketballsquads inSpain.Before the Pavelló Olímpic was built, the now 3,300 capacityPavelló Club Joventut Badalonahosted the city basketball games and most of the other indoor sports.
Transport
editThe closestBarcelona Metrostation isGorg,on linesL2andL10.It is also served by trams belonging to theTrambesòssystem.
See also
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- 1992 Summer Olympics official report.Archived2008-05-28 at theWayback MachineVolume 2. pp. 276–9.
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