SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium
| Olympic Fencing Gymnasium | |
Olympic Fencing Gymnasium in 2008
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| Location | Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
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| Capacity | 7,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 1984 |
| Opened | April 1986 |
| Architect | Kang Kum-Hee Architects |
| Structural engineer | Geiger Associates |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 올림픽핸드볼경기장 |
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| Hanja | 奧林匹克手球運動場 |
| Revised Romanization | Ollimpik handeubol gyeonggijang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ollimp‘ik haendŭbol kyŏnggijang |
SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium (Hangul: 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 capacity of the arena is 7,000 people and was built from September 1984 to April 1986.[1]
History
It was known as the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium (Hangul: 올림픽펜싱경기장; hanja: 奧林匹克擊劍運動場, or Olympic Gymnasium No. 2) and hosted the fencing and fencing part of the modern pentathlon events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 2011 it was remodel 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]
- 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
- 2015
2016
- GOT7: Amazing GOT7 World - 16 January -
References
- ↑ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 178.
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- ↑ "Event Calendar: October 2009" Korea Herald. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 2012-04-10
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