SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium
| SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in 2012 SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in 2012 | |
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| Former names | Olympic Fencing Gymnasium |
|---|---|
| Location | Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 37°31′02″N 127°07′35″E / 37.517345°N 127.126313°E |
| Capacity | 5,003 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 1984 |
| Opened | April 1986 |
| Renovated | 2011 |
| Construction cost | 43.4 billion won (2011 reconstruction) |
| Architect | Kang Kum-hee Architects |
| Structural engineer | Geiger Associates |
| Tenants | |
| South Korea national handball team (2011–present) South Korea women's national handball team (2011–present) Seoul City (2011–present) Doosan Handball Club (2011–present) | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Ollimpik handeubol gyeonggijang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ollimp‘ik haendŭbol kyŏnggijang |
SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium (Korean: SK올림픽핸드볼경기장; Hanja: SK奧林匹克手球運動場) is an indoor sporting arena located at the Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The current seating capacity of the arena is 5,003. The arena was built from September 1984 to April 1986.[1]
History
It was known as the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium (Korean: 올림픽펜싱경기장; Hanja: 奧林匹克擊劍運動場) or Olympic Gymnasium No. 2 prior 2011. The arena hosted the fencing and fencing part of the modern pentathlon events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 2011 it was remodelled for handball games at a cost of ₩43.4 billion, specialized with handball only courts. It was renamed as such to host the SK Handball Korea League.[2]
Notable events
Besides holding fencing at the 1988 Olympics, the arena also hosts concerts by Korean as well as international artists.
- Megadeth
- Scorpions
- Unbreakable Tour (Backstreet Boys Tour)
- It was the one of the venues for Avril Lavigne's Bonez Tour on March 23, 2005
- 2008–2009
- SS501: SS501 Showcase with Triple S – 15 November 2008
- Super Junior: 1st Asia Tour – "Super Show" – 22, 23 and 24 February 2008 and 3, 4 January 2009 (encore shows)
- Super Junior – 2nd Asia Tour – "Super Show 2" – 17, 18 and 19 July 2009[3]
- Park Hyo-shin: Park Hyo-shin's Gift – 17, 18 and 19 October 2009 – to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his debut.[4]
- Girls' Generation: 1st Asia Tour – "Into the New World" – 19, 20 December 2009 and 27, 28 February 2010 (encore shows)[5]
- 2010–2012
- 19th Seoul Music Awards – 3 February 2010[6]
- Tom Jones: Tom Jones in Seoul – March 2010 (two shows) – first concerts in Korea in 27 years.[7]
- B1A4: 1st BABA B1A4 Concert – 8 and 9 December 2012 – The first solo concert[8]
- CN Blue: 2012 CN Blue Live: Blue Night in Seoul – 15 and 16 December – fourth concert in Seoul[9][10]
- 2013
- 22nd Seoul Music Awards – 31 January 2013
- 2014
- B1A4: 2014 B1A4 Concert The Class – 15 and 16 February 2014
- 2NE1: AON: All Or Nothing World Tour – 1 and 2 March – third and fourth concert in Seoul as part of their second world tour
- B.A.P: B.A.P Live On Earth 2014 Continent Tour – 8 and 9 March – first and second stop in Seoul as a part of their second world tour
- Block B: Blockbuster Remastering " – 22 and 23 November 2014
- 2015
2016
- GOT7: Amazing GOT7 World – 16 January
- SEVENTEEN: 'LIKE SEVENTEEN – Boys Wish' ENCORE CONCERT – 13 and 14 February[12]
- B.A.P: B.A.P Live on Earth 2016 World Tour – 20 and 21 February – first and second stop in Seoul as a part of their third world tour
- GOT7: Fly Tour – 29 and 30 April
References
- ^ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 178.
- ^ Suk, Monica (20 October 2011). "SK chief's contribution to handball stadium". Korea Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ Kim, Lynn (8 December 2009). "Super Junior to release live album this week". Asiae. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "Event Calendar: October 2009" Korea Herald. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 2012-04-10
- ^ Park, Kun-ouc (2 March 2010). "Girls' Generation's Asia tour encore show a success". 10 Asia. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ Kun-ouc, Park (4 February 2010). "Girls' Generation scores triple win at Seoul Music Awards". 10 Asia. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "2010.3.31 Ticket". Joongang Daily. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ Hong, Grace Danbi (19 October 2012). "B1A4 Sells Out First Concert Tickets in Five Minutes". enewsworld mnet. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ Ho, Stewart (17 October 2012). "CN Blue to Hold its Fourth Seoul Concert in December". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ Ho, Stewart (17 November 2012). "CN Blue Sells Out Tickets to Seoul Concert in 10 Minutes". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "BTS releases concert poster". kpopherald.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
- ^ "Seventeen announces encore concert". entertain.naver.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
External links
| Seoul Sports Complex | |
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| Olympic Park | |
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