Movistar Arena Bogotá
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The Movistar Arena on September, 2018. | |
Location |
Carrera 30 con calle 63 Cundinamarca Bogotá, Colombia |
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Coordinates | 4°38′57″N 74°4′38″W / 4.64917°N 74.07722°WCoordinates: 4°38′57″N 74°4′38″W / 4.64917°N 74.07722°W |
Owner | Alcaldía de Bogotá, Colombiana de Escenarios |
Executive suites | 20 |
Capacity | 14,000 |
Surface | 37.000 m2 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 26, 1959 |
Opened | May 1, 1973 |
Renovated | 2017-2018 |
Structural engineer | Eng. Guillermo Gonzalez Zuleta |
General contractor | Jorge Alvarado, Germán Guerrero and Oscar Lobo Reveiz |
Movistar Arena, previously known as Coliseo Cubierto El Campín, is an indoor sporting arena located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was built in 1973 and reconstructed in 2018. The arena will hold 90 shows per year and it is the first arena ever to be build in Colombia. The maximum capacity is up to 14.000 people.[1] Telefónica's cell phone division Movistar bought the arena's naming rights, changing its name on March, 2018 for the next 20 years.[2]
Concerts
Artist | Date |
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James Brown | August, 1973 |
Santana | October 9, 1973 |
Information Society & Estados Alterados | May 24, 1991 |
Soda Stereo | September 23, 1991 |
INXS & La Derecha | March 24, 1994 |
Luis Miguel | June 10, 1994 |
Delirious? | September 15 y 16, 2006 |
Delirious? | February 1, 2008 |
Dream Theater & Hiddenpath | March 12, 2008 |
Bryan Adams | April 9, 2008 |
R.E.M., The Mars Volta y The Mills | October 29, 2008 |
Duran Duran | November 12, 2008 |
Maroon 5 | November 20, 2008 |
Fito Páez | December 13, 2008 |
Juanes | December 14, 2008 |
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs | February 28, 2009 |
Keane & Sexto Sentido | March 3, 2009 |
Carlos Santana | March 12, 2009 |
Ricardo Arjona | April 14; 15 2010 |
Motörhead & Ursus | April 21, 2009 |
Heaven & Hell | May 5, 2009 |
Sarah Brightman | October 28, 2009 |
Korn & Nepentes | April 10, 2010 |
Rubén Blades | May 1, 2010 |
Miguel Bosé | May 8, 2010 |
Gustavo Cerati | May 13, 2010 |
Joaquín Sabina | May 22, 2010 |
Demi Lovato | May 25, 2010 |
Massive Attack y Martina Topley-Bird | November 12, 2010 |
The Smashing Pumpkins & Black Memory | November 27, 2010 |
Stone Temple Pilots & El Sie7e | December 18, 2010 |
Camila | May 11, 2011 |
Miley Cyrus | May 19, 2011 |
Judas Priest, Whitesnake & Albatroz | September 23, 2011 |
Ricardo Arjona | August 2 & 3, 2012 |
Joaquín Sabina y Joan Manuel Serrat | November 24, 2012 |
Alejandro Sanz | April 23, 2013 |
Miguel Bosé | Jun 13, 2013 |
Mägo de Oz, Kraken, Krönös, Bürdel King & Rata Blanca | November 3, 2013 |
Fito Páez | November 15, 2013 |
Epica, Angra y Mägo de Oz | Jun 13, 2013 |
Arctic Monkeys y The Hives | November 4, 2014 |
Ska-P & I.R.A. | November 15, 2014 |
Deep Purple & The Black Cat Bone | November 21, 2014 |
Fonseca | September 28, 2018 |
Juanes, Miguel Bosé & Sebastian Yatra | October 3, 2018 |
Zoé & Nicolás y los Fumadores | October 6, 2018 |
Sting & Shaggy | October 21, 2018 |
Maluma | November 10, 2018 |
Years and Years | February 23, 2019 |
Tennis matches
Notable tennis players that have played at the arena include:
- Andre Agassi vs. Pete Sampras[3]
- Anna Kournikova
- Karolína Plíšková
- Ashley Harkleroad
- Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic (Game played in March 20, 2011. It was a sold out event, more than 13,000 people attended the event.)[4][5]
- Roger Federer vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6][7]
Renovation
On January 14, 2015 the IDRD and the Mayor of Bogota announced the coliseum would be renewed completely during 2 years. It will be a multi-event arena named Arena Sponsor Bogota which will have all the amenities needed for the best shows. It will make the arena to held more than 90 shows per year and having more than 1.000.000 spectators every year.
Other events
In the arena there had been also many shows such as High School Musical The Ice Tour,[8] and Disney on Ice. The WWE will make its debut it Colombia on October 15, 2014 with a WWE Live event at the arena.[9] But the WWE event never happened.
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.portafolio.co/el-impulso-del-movistar-arena-a-la-economia-naranja-de-bogota-521768
- ↑ https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/el-coliseo-el-campin-ahora-se-llamara-movistar-arena-bogota/561103
- ↑ http://www.elespectador.com/deportes/tenis/articulo191964-pete-sampras-andre-agassi-y-martina-hingis-vendran-colombia
- ↑ http://www.caracol.com.co/nota.aspx?id=1393434
- ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/Multimedia/especiales/nadaldjokovic/
- ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/tenis/roger-federer-estara-en-colombia-el-14-de-diciembre_11340201-4
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
- ↑ http://bogota.vive.in/enescena/bogota/obras/abril2008/EVENTO-WEB-FICHA_EVENTO_VIVEIN-4137974.html
- ↑ http://pwinsider.com/article/85285/wwe-signing-updates-wwe-nxt-tapings-and-more-news.html?p=1