National Auditorium
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| Auditorio Nacional | |
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| "Coloso de Reforma" | |
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| Location | Mexico, DF, Mexico |
| Built | 1950 |
| Opened | 1952 |
| Renovated | 1990 |
| Owner | |
| Architect | Teodoro González de León & Abraham Zabludovsky |
| Former names | Auditorio Municipal |
| Tenants | |
| Capacity | 19,987 |
National Auditorium (Spanish:Auditorio Nacional) is one of the main concert and performance centres in the Mexico City, which also was a sports venue in the past. It is operated by Grupo CIE.
Constructed in 1952, it was used for volleyball and basketball matches of the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games and had seen performances of the San Francisco Ballet and New York Philharmonic in 1958. National Auditorium was the venue for gymnastics events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Since the 1970s it was used primarily for international music, song, dance and film festivals, fairs and exhibitions. In 1990 the auditorium was rebuilt to the new design. It hosted the 1993 and 2007 Miss Universe pageant. In May 2007, the American magazine Pollstar ranked the National Auditorium as the best concert venue in the world.
On November 2007 the Auditorio won the Billboard Touring award for best concert venue in the world.
The Auditorio also houses the largest pipe organ in Latin America.
The following sections contain alphabetical complete lists of artists, groups and shows that have appeared at the Auditorio.
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| Preceded by Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan |
Olympics Gymnastics Venue 1968 |
Succeeded by Olympiahalle Munich, West Germany |
| Preceded by Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, USA |
Miss Universe Venue 2007 |
Succeeded by 2008 Final Venue |
