Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona
Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona
Location	Av. Alfons XIII, s/n Badalona, Spain 08921
Broke ground	1990
Opened	1991
Owner	City of Badalona
Construction cost	35 million EUR
Architect	Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius
Capacity	Basketball: 12,500
Tenants
Joventut de Badalona 1992 Summer Olympics (basketball)

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, most frequently called the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona is an arena in Badalona, Catalonia, 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.

History

Built in 1991, it hosted the basketball tournament of the 1992 Summer Olympics, the 1992 Olympic Basketball Tournament. 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 professional basketball squads in Spain. Before the Pavelló Olímpic was built, the now 3,300 capacity Pavelló dels Països Catalans hosted the city basketball games and most of the other indoor sports.

Panoramical view in a Liga ACB game between MMT Estudiantes and DKV Joventut in October 2008

References

• 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 276-9.