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Former names | Palacio de Deportes (1960–85) Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (1985–2001; 2005–14) Barclaycard Center (2014–16) |
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Address | Avenida Felipe II, s/n 28009 Madrid Spain |
Location | Goya |
Coordinates | 40°25′26″N 3°40′18″W / 40.42389°N 3.67167°W |
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Owner | ARPROMA |
Operator | Impulsa Eventos e Instalaciones SA |
Capacity | 15,000[1] Sports
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Construction | |
Opened | 8 January 1960 |
Closed | 29 June 2001 |
Reopened | 19 February 2005 |
Construction cost | ESP 56 million |
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Tenants | |
Real Madrid CB Estudiantes | |
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Renovated | 20 February 2002 – 15 February 2005 |
Renovation cost | €124 million |
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Architect(s) |
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Structural engineer | TPF Getinsa Euroestudios |
Services engineer | Geasyt Internacional |
Civil engineer | AEPO |
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Quantity surveyor | Intemac |
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Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (English: Sports Palace of the Regional Community of Madrid), officially WiZink Center since November 2016 for sponsorship reasons,[2] is an indoor sporting arena located in Madrid, Spain.
The former building, which was built in 1960, was destroyed by a fire in 2001. Architects Enrique Hermoso and Paloma Huidobro projected a High-Tech style new arena that was built at the same location between 2002 and 2005.
The arena hosted two major international basketball events in the first decade of the 21st century - the knockout stage of EuroBasket 2007 and the EuroLeague's Final Four 2008. It also hosted the final stage of the Copa del Rey of basketball in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2019 and 2021. The arena was the finals venue for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Euroleague Final Four 2015.