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Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid

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.

Former names

Palacio de Deportes (1960–85)
Palacio de Deportes
de la Comunidad de Madrid (1985–2001; 2005–14)
Barclaycard Center (2014–16)

Avenida Felipe II, s/n
28009 Madrid Spain

17,453[1]

Sports
  • Athletics: 10,000
  • Handball: 14,000
  • Basketball: 17,453
  • Boxing: 16,000
Concerts
  • The Box: 3,360
  • The Ring: 5,630
  • Ring Plus: 8,706
  • Reserved: 13,000
  • End-stage: 15,500
  • General admission: 17,453

8 January 1960

29 June 2001

19 February 2005

ESP 56 million

  • José Soteras
  • Lorenzo García Barbón

20 February 2002 –
15 February 2005

124 million

  • Enrique Hermoso
  • Pilar Huidobro

TPF Getinsa Euroestudios

Geasyt Internacional

AEPO

Intemac

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.

Athletics: 10,000 (with 200m track and six lanes)

Handball: 14,000

Basketball: 15,000

Concerts: 15,500 (with standing public ramp)

List of indoor arenas in Spain

List of basketball arenas

(in Spanish)

Official website

on Facebook

Palacio de Deportes

on Euroleague.net

2008 Final Four venue

on Euroleague.net

2015 Final Four venue