Movistar Arena (Bogotá)

Movistar Arena

The Movistar Arena in September 2018.
Former names	Coliseo Cubierto El Campín
Location	Carrera 30 con calle 63 Cundinamarca Bogotá, Colombia
Coordinates	4°38′57″N 74°4′38″W
Public transit	Movistar Arena Station
Owner	Alcaldía de Bogotá, Colombiana de Escenarios
Executive suites	20
Capacity	14,000
Surface	37.000 m2
Construction
Broke ground	26 May 1971
Opened	1 May 1973
Renovated	2017-2018
Structural engineer	Eng. Guillermo Gonzalez Zuleta
General contractor	Jorge Alvarado, Germán Guerrero and Oscar Lobo Reveiz
Website
www.movistararena.co

Movistar Arena, previously known as Coliseo Cubierto El Campín, is an indoor sporting arena located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was built in 1973 and renovated in 2018. The arena holds 90 shows per year. The maximum capacity is up to 14,000 people. Telefónica's cell phone division Movistar bought the arena's naming rights, changing its name in March 2018 for the next 20 years.

Tennis matches

Notable tennis players that have played at the arena include:

• Andre Agassi vs. Pete Sampras
• Anna Kournikova
• Karolína Plíšková
• Ashley Harkleroad
• Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic (Game played on 20 March 2011. It was a sold-out event, more than 13,000 people attended the event.)
• Roger Federer vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Renovation

On 14 January 2015 the IDRD and the Mayor of Bogota announced the coliseum would be renewed completely during 2 years. It would be a multi-event arena named Arena Sponsor Bogota which will have all the amenities needed for the best shows.

It expanded the arena to hold more than 90 shows per year and having more than 1,000,000 spectators every year.

Other events

In the arena there had been also many shows such as High School Musical The Ice Tour, and Disney on Ice. The WWE will make its debut it Colombia on 15 October 2014 with a WWE Live event at the arena, but the WWE event never happened, five years later the WWE finally made a house show in Bogota on 23 August 2019.

Concerts

See also

• Simón Bolívar Park
• Bogotá
• Corferias
• Arena Vicente Fernández Gómez