Sportpaleis Merksem
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Sportpaleis Merksem is an arena in Antwerp, Belgium. Sportpaleis Merksem opened in 1933 and holds 21,000 people. It is the current venue for the Proximus Diamond Games women's tennis tournament.
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In 2007, Sportpaleis was voted the 10th best venue by Billboard Magazine. It's a very popular venue for concerts. Over the past few years, quite a lot big stars passed the 'revue'. (Toto, Shania Twain, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Neil Diamond, Destiny's Child, Kylie Minogue, Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Donna Summer, James Brown, Mariah Carey, Pink, Macy Gray, The Police, Alicia Keys, Anastacia, Justin Timberlake, En Vogue, Pearl Jam, Shaggy, Céline Dion, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, Anouk, Rage Against the Machine ...) Many of them performed during the Night of The Proms, which is also hold by Sportpaleis.
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