Sala Polivalentă (Bucharest)

Sala Polivalentă

Location	Bucharest, Romania
Owner	Municipality of Bucharest
Capacity	Concerts: 12,000 Handball, Volleyball: 6,000
Construction
Opened	1974
Renovated	2008
Tenants
Romania Women's National Handball Team Romania Men's National Handball Team Dinamo Romprest Bucureşti (Divizia A)

Sala Polivalentă is a multi-purpose hall in Bucharest, Romania, located in Tineretului Park. It is used for concerts, indoor sports such as tennis, gymnastics, dance, handball, volleyball, weightlifting, judo, boxing, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling. The hall was opened in 1974 but has since been renovated. It has a maximum seating capacity of 12,000 for concerts and 6,000 for handball.

Musical events

• 1998 Deep Purple
• 2000 Yes
• 2004 Scorpions
• 2005 Nightwish
• 2006 Paul van Dyk
• 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• 2007 The Chemical Brothers, Tori Amos, Shakin` Stevens, Armin van Buuren, etc.
• 2008 Chicane, M.A.N.D.Y., Jeff Mills, Yamato, Juanes, RBD, Jean Michel Jarre, Roisin Murphy, Smokie, etc.
• 2009 Sepultura, James Blunt, ZZ Top, Gorillaz, Underworld, Dubfire, Soulfly, DJ Tiesto, Faith No More, Anastacia, Simple Minds, etc.
• 2010 Air, Jean Michel Jarre

Sporting events

• 2000 European Women's Handball Championship Final between Hungary and Ukraine
• 2002 WBA Lightweight title match between the champion Leonard Doroftei who defended his belt against Raul Horacio Balbi
• 2004 Davis Cup World Group tennis match between Romania and Switzerland
• 2004 European Judo Championships
• 2006 EHF Challenge Cup Final between Steaua MFA Bucureşti and SC Horta
• 2007 K-1 Romania
• 2007 Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball
• 2008 Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball
• 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the Women's Handball Tournament at the Summer Olympics - Beijing 2008: Romania, Hungary, Japan, Poland
• 2008 Edvin Marton, Evgeni Plushenko, Surya Bonaly & Co. - "Kings on Ice"
• 2008 WBC Light heavyweight title match between Adrian Diaconu and Chris Henry, an event promoted by Don King TV
• 2009 European Weightlifting Championships
• 2009 American Wrestling Rampage (AWR) in Romania, a professional wrestling promotion starring: René Duprée, Raven, RVD, Syxx-Pac, April Hunter, etc.
• 2010 Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball
• 2010 EHF Women's Champions League Final between CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and Viborg HK.
• 2010 EHF Cup Winners' Cup Semifinal between Steaua MFA Bucureşti and BM Granollers
• 2010 World Men's Handball Championship from Sweden 2011 - European qualification Play-off between Romania and Russia
• 2011 WWE presents: WrestleMania Revenge Tour (John Cena, Randy Orton, The Miz, CM Punk, The New Nexus, John Morrison, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan, Ted DiBiase, Melina, Eve and many more)

External links

• Official site