Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona
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| Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona | |
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| Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona | |
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| Location | Av. Alfons XIII, s/n Badalona, Barcelona 08921 |
| Broke ground | 1991 |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Owner | City of Badalona |
| Construction cost | 35 million EUR |
| Architect | Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius |
| Tenants | Joventut de Badalona 1992 Summer Olympics (basketball) |
| Capacity | Basketball: 12,500 |
Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, most frequently called the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona is an arena in Badalona, Spain. The arena holds 12,500 people, and it is primarily used for basketball, though it's also an habitual home for music concerts and other municipal events.
Built in 1992, it hosted the basketball tournament of the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was designed by the architects Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius, who won the 1992 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture for this building.
It's also the home arena of Joventut de Badalona, one of the most important basketball squads in Spain and in all of Europe. Before the Pavelló Olímpic was built, the former Palau Municipal (an older, now condemned building) hosted the city basketball games and most of the other indoor sports.
