Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona

  • FIATC Joventut
  • Summer Olympic Games 1992 ( Basketball )
  • Men's Basketball Championships in 1997

The Olimpic de Badalona Pavelló (Spanish Pabellón Olímpico de Badalona), or Palau Municipal d' Esports de catalan Badalona (Spanish Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Badalona), is a multi-purpose hall in the Spanish city of Badalona in the Catalan Area Metropolitana de Barcelona. In 1992 the architects Francesc Esteve Bonell and Rius got the Architecture Prize Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture awarded for the design of the building.

Since 1991, the basketball club Joventut FIATC carries its home games in the arena. Among the games the venue offers 12,500 seats for visitors. In addition, it is used for concerts, cultural events and shows.

The hall was built for the basketball competitions of the Olympic Summer Games in 1992 and opened on 17 September 1991. While the Olympic basketball tournament, the famous dream team joined with the NBA players Laettner, Robinson, Ewing, Bird, Pippen, Jordan, Drexler, Malone, Stockton, Mullin, Barkley and Johnson to the games in Badalona. The Olimpic de Badalona Pavelló 1997 was one of the three Catalan venues for the men's basketball championship in Spain.

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