Bizkaia Arena
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| Location | Ronda de Azkue Nr. 1, 48902 Barakaldo, Biscay, Spain |
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| Coordinates | 43°17′17.65″N 2°59′26.64″W / 43.2882361°N 2.9907333°W |
| Capacity | Concerts: 26,000 Sports: 15,414[1][2] |
| Record attendance | 15,483 (Ukraine vs United States, 4 September 2014) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | November 2004 |
| Architect | ACXT |
| Tenants | |
| Bizkaia Bilbao Basket (2009–2010) | |
Bizkaia Arena is an indoor arena in Barakaldo, Greater Bilbao. It is the biggest multipurpose hall in Spain, as it can hold up to 26,000 people,[3] and 15,414 for indoor sports. The arena is part of the Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) complex, the Exhibition and Congress Centre of Bilbao and Biscay, inaugurated in April 2004.
The venue regularly hosts basketball games, for which it has a capacity of 15,414.[4][5] It was one of the six venues used for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, hosted by Spain. The arena hosted the annual MTV Europe Music Awards in 2018 as the awards show was held in Spain for the third time and the first time in Bilbao.[6]
History
[edit]The arena was used as the home arena of the Spanish League basketball club Bilbao Basket during the 2009-10 season. In other seasons, it has also occasionally been used for their most attractive games. It hosted the 2010 Spanish King's Cup Final Eight.
The arena hosted a preseason game between Bilbao Basket and the NBA team the Philadelphia 76ers.[7] Several international pop and rock acts have also performed at the Bizkaia Arena.
The venue has also been used for other kinds of shows, such as opera, Disney on Ice, etc., political speeches, and religious meetings.
Concerts
[edit]| Concerts held at Bizkaia Arena | ||||
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| Year | Date | Nationality | Artist(s) | Tour |
| 2005 | 17 June | United States | Lenny Kravitz | Electric Church Tour |
| 2006 | 24 October | United Kingdom | Muse | Black Holes and Revelations |
| 2007 | 29 January | United States | Chuck Berry | |
| 3 May | Mexico | Luis Miguel | México En La Piel Tour | |
| 2009 | 17 September | Canada | Leonard Cohen | 2009 Tour |
| 10 November | United States | Jonas Brothers | Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009 | |
| 14 November | Germany | Rammstein | Liebe Ist Für Alle Da Tour | |
| 2010 | 8 November | Basque | Berri Txarrak | |
| 2011 | 17 September | Mexico | Maná | Drama y Luz Tour |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | George Michael | Symphonica Tour | |
| 2013 | 19 April | Germany | Rammstein | Made in Germany 1995–2011 |
| 26 May | Barbados | Rihanna | Diamonds World Tour | |
| 2014 | 29 May | United Kingdom | Iron Maiden | Maiden England Tour |
| 19 July | France | David Guetta | Guetta Live | |
| 20 September | Spain | Extremoduro | Para Todos los Públicos | |
| 2 November | United Kingdom | Elton John | Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour | |
| 13 December | Spain | Fito & Fitipaldis | Huyendo Conmigo de Mí | |
| 2015 | 14 March | Spain | Joaquín Sabina | 500 Noches Para 1 Crisis |
| 10 April | United States | Romeo Santos | Vol. 2 World Tour | |
| 1 May | Spain | Vetusta Morla | La Deriva Tour | |
| 9 September | Mexico | Maná | Cama Incendiada Tour | |
| 4 October | United States | Rise Against | 2015 Tour | |
| 24 October | Spain | Fito & Fitipaldis | Huyendo Conmigo de Mí | |
| 2016 | 29 January | Canada | Bryan Adams | Get Up Tour |
| 16 February | Italy | Eros Ramazzotti | Perfetto World Tour | |
| 8 June | Various | Il Divo | Amor & Pasión Tour | |
| 14 October | Argentina | God Save the Queen | Forever World Tour | |
| 15 October | Spain | El Barrio | ||
| 17 November | United States | Paul Simon | Live in Concert | |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | The Twilight Sad | Nobody Wants to be Here | |
| 29 November | Basque | La Oreja de Van Gogh | ||
| 2017 | 25 March | Spain | Juan Magán | En Concierto |
| 31 March | Colombia | Carlos Vives | La Fiesta de Todos Tour | |
| 29 April | United States | Dream Theater | Images, Words & Beyond | |
| 11 June | Puerto Rico | Ricky Martin | One World Tour | |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | The Long Goodbye Tour | |
| 13 September | Colombia | Maluma | Maluma World Tour | |
| 7 October | Spain | Joaquín Sabina | Lo Niego Todo | |
| 8 October | ||||
| 4 November | Spain | Kase.O | Gira el Círculo | |
| 2018 | 9 January | Mexico | Soy Luna | Soy Luna Live |
| 17 March | Basque | Berri Txarrak | Infra Tour | |
| 14 April | United States | Thirty Seconds to Mars | The Monolith Tour | |
| 4 May | Spain | Fito & Fitipaldis | Gira 20 Aniversario | |
| 5 May | ||||
| 1 June | Spain | Pablo Alborán | Prometo Tour | |
| 24 June | Spain | Operación Triunfo | OT 2017 en concierto | |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Judas Priest | ||
| 30 June | Colombia | Shakira | El Dorado World Tour | |
| 6 October | Spain | Melendi | Ahora Tour | |
| 20 October | Spain | Dani Martín | Gira Grandes Éxitos | |
| 16 November | Spain | Loquillo | 40 Años de Rock and Roll | |
| 17 November | Spain | Malú | Oxígeno Tour | |
| 2 December | Finland | Nightwish | Decades: World Tour | |
| 15 December | Spain | Rosendo | Tour 2018 | |
| 29 December | Lebanon | Ara Malikian | La Increíble Gira de Violín | |
| 2019 | 15 March | United States | Twenty One Pilots | The Bandito Tour |
| 26 April | United States | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour | |
| 3 May | Spain | Taburete | Ayahuasca Tour | |
| 4 May | Italy | Ennio Morricone | 60 Years of Music | |
| 1 June | Spain | Operación Triunfo | OT 2018 en concierto | |
| 22 June | Spain | Leiva | Nuclear Tour | |
| 5 October | Puerto Rico | Anuel AA | Real Hasta la Muerte Tour | |
| 18 October | Basque | La Polla Records | ¡Ni Descanso, Ni Paz! | |
| 19 October | ||||
| 23 November | Spain | Amaral | Salto al Color Tour | |
| 1 December | Germany | Hans Zimmer | The World of Hans Zimmer | |
| 10 December | Canada | Bryan Adams | Shine a Light Tour | |
| 21 December | Spain | Melendi | Mi Cubo de Rubik Tour | |
| 28 December | Basque | Marea | El Azogue | |
| 2020 | 24 October | Spain | Triángulo de Amor Bizarro | |
| 2021 | 22 May | Spain | M Clan | En Acústico |
| 5 June | Spain | Derby Motoreta's Burrito Kachimba | Tour 2021 | |
| 3 September | Puerto Rico | Myke Towers | Myke Towers World Tour | |
| 11 October | Puerto Rico | Rauw Alejandro | Rauw Alejandro World Tour | |
| 16 October | United States | Justin Quiles | 2021 Tour | |
| 27 November | Basque | Gatibu | 20 Years Tour | |
| 11 December | Spain | Dani Martín | Qué Caro Es El Tiempo | |
| 18 December | Spain | Beret | Prisma Tour | |
| 2022 | 9 April | Spain | C. Tangana | Sin Cantar Ni Afinar Tour |
| 7 May | Spain | Estopa | Fuego Tour | |
| 13 May | United States | Bad Religion | European Tour | |
| 7 July | Dominican | Juan Luis Guerra | Entre Mar y Palmeras Tour | |
| 16 July | Spain | Alejandro Sanz | Sanz en Vivo | |
| 23 July | Colombia | Camilo | De Adentro Pa Afuera Tour | |
| 27 July | Spain | Rosalía | Motomami World Tour | |
| 10 September | Spain | Aitana | 11 Razones Tour | |
| 23 September | United States | Becky G | Ni Mala Ni Santa Tour | |
| 11 November | Denmark | Volbeat | Servant of the Road Tour | |
| 2 December | Spain | Rigoberta Bandini | Rigotour | |
| 16 December | Basque | Hertzainak | Jaio Eta Bukatu | |
| 17 December | ||||
| 2023 | 2 March | United Kingdom | Queen Extravaganza | 2023 Tour |
| 11 May | Germany | Hans Zimmer | Hans Zimmer Live | |
| 23 June | Spain | Joaquín Sabina | Contra Todo Pronóstico Tour | |
| 25 June | ||||
| 22 July | United Kingdom | Iron Maiden | The Future Past World Tour | |
| 2 September | Puerto Rico | Rauw Alejandro | Saturno World Tour | |
| 7 October | Spain | Quevedo | DQE Tour | |
| 1 November | Spain | Aitana | Alpha Tour | |
| 10 November | Spain | Melendi | 20 Años Sin Noticias | |
| 18 November | Spain / Morocco | Morad | Morad Euro Tour | |
| 25 November | Basque | Marea | Tour 2023 | |
| 15 December | Spain | Melendi | 20 Años Sin Noticias | |
| 2024 | 21 March | United Kingdom | Depeche Mode | Memento Mori World Tour |
| 27 April | Spain | Operación Triunfo | OT 2023 en concierto | |
| 30 April | Spain | Saiko | Sakura Tour | |
| 11 May | Spain | Estopa | Gira 25 Aniversario | |
| 29 June | Mexico | Maná | México Lindo y Querido | |
| 28 September | Spain | Ana Mena | Bellodrama Tour | |
| 5 October | Spain / Morocco | Morad | Tour 2024/2025 | |
| 15 November | Canada | Bryan Adams | So Happy It Hurts Tour | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Scoresway.us Bizkaia Arena Capacity: 15414.
- ^ Eurocupbasketball.com The Club Scene: Bizkaia Bilbao Basket - The club was allowed to host four regular season games at Bizkaia Arena - against Real Madrid, Barcelona, Tau and Guipuzkoa Basket - and managed to set an all-time ACB attendance record by hosting 15,414 fans in the game against Tau..
- ^ BilbaoExhibitionCentre.com About Us. Archived July 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Livescores - Soccer - Scoresway". www.scoresway.com. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "The Club Scene: Bizkaia Bilbao Basket". Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup. Retrieved 2021-09-27.[dead link]
- ^ "Los premios MTV viajarán a Bilbao" (in Spanish). El País. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ "Preseason game presented in Bilbao". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bizkaia Arena.
- Official website
- Bilbao Basket Official Website (in Spanish)
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