Coliseum Burgos

Colisem Burgos
Former names Plaza de Toros de Burgos
(1967–2015)
Location c/ Chopera, s/n
Burgos, Spain
Coordinates 42°20′40″N 3°40′42″W / 42.34442°N 3.678419°W / 42.34442; -3.678419Coordinates: 42°20′40″N 3°40′42″W / 42.34442°N 3.678419°W / 42.34442; -3.678419
Owner City Council of Burgos
Capacity Basketball: 9,352[1]
Construction
Broke ground 18 October 1966
Built 18 June 1967
Opened June 28, 1967 (1967-06-28)
Renovated 2015
Construction cost 27,296,037.79 pts
(164,052.50 €)
Architect Fernando Obregón Ansorena
Tenants
CB Miraflores (2017–present)

The Coliseum Burgos, formerly named as Plaza de Toros de Burgos, is an indoor arena mainly used as bullring located in Burgos, Spain.

History

Plaza de Toros de Burgos (1967–2015)

Before a bullfight in 2009.

Built between 1966 and 1967, the bullring was inaugurated on 28 June 1967 with a corrida by Jaime Ostos, El Cordobés and Tinín.

In 1975, the bullring hosted the first pop music festival in Spain, known as La Cochambre, including performances of several Spanish bands.[2]

Its façade had three big doors and a bullring was able for a capacity for 12,277 spectators.

Coliseum Burgos (2015–present)

Façade of the Coliseum after its renovation.

In 2013, mayor Javier Lacalle announced the intention of building a new indoor arena due to the risk of collapse of the bullring, but due to its high costs, the solution was to integrally renovate the bullring and to add a roof.

The renovation finished in 2015 and the arena was re-inaugurated on 27 June 2015 with the first corrida of the 2015 local season, with bullfighters Enrique Ponce, El Juli and Alejandro Talavante.[3]

On 18 August 2015, the Spanish national basketball team played the first basketball match in the arena. It was a friendly game against Venezuela. One year later, Spain would play again in the Coliseum, this time against Angola.[4]

In 2017, after the promotion of local basketball club CB Miraflores to the Spanish top league, it started to play their home matches at the Coliseum. The first official match was played on 1 October 2017 and ended with a loss of the host team against Iberostar Tenerife by 65–81, in front of 8,817 spectators.[5]

On 26 November 2017, the arena hosted the 2019 World Cup qualifier match between Spain and European champions Slovenia, where the locals won by 92–84.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "San Pablo Burgos" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Entre la cochambre de Burgos y las estéticas urbanas de los 80" [Between the filth of Burgos and the urban aesthetics of the 1980s] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "El Coliseum se estrena con lleno absoluto" [The Coliseum is opened with a sold out] (in Spanish). Diario de Burgos. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "España se verá las caras con Angola en el Coliseum" [Spain will face Angola at the Coliseum] (in Spanish). Burgos Conecta. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Burgos se estrena en ACB" [Burgos makes the debut at ACB] (in Spanish). Burgos Conecta. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Fiesta de la nueva España ante la campeona de Europa, Eslovenia" [Party of the new Spain against the champion of Europe, Slovenia] (in Spanish). Diario As. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Una gran España arrasa a Eslovenia, campeón de Europa, con un Colom imperial" [A great Spain takes Slovenia, champion of Europe, by storm, with an outstanding Colom] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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