Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid

WiZink Center
Exterior of venue (c.2018)
Map
Former namesPalacio de Deportes (1960–85)
Palacio de Deportes
de la Comunidad de Madrid (1985–2001; 2005–14)
Barclaycard Center (2014–16)
AddressAvenida Felipe II, s/n
28009 Madrid Spain
LocationGoya
Coordinates40°25′26″N 3°40′18″W / 40.42389°N 3.67167°W / 40.42389; -3.67167
Public transit Madrid Metro:
at Goya
at O'Donnell
OwnerARPROMA
OperatorImpulsa Eventos e Instalaciones SA
Capacity15,000[1]
Sports
  • Athletics: 10,000
  • Handball: 14,000
  • Basketball: 15,000
  • 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
Construction
Opened8 January 1960
Closed29 June 2001
Reopened19 February 2005
Construction costESP 56 million
Architect
  • José Soteras
  • Lorenzo García Barbón
Tenants
Real Madrid
CB Estudiantes
Website
Official website
Building details
General information
Renovated20 February 2002 –
15 February 2005
Renovation cost€124 million
Renovating team
Architect(s)
  • Enrique Hermoso
  • Pilar Huidobro
Structural engineerTPF Getinsa Euroestudios
Services engineerGeasyt Internacional
Civil engineerAEPO
Other designers
Quantity surveyorIntemac
Main contractor

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (English: Sports Palace of the Regional Community of Madrid or simply Madrid Sports Palace), officially WiZink Center since November 2016 for sponsorship reasons,[2] is an indoor sporting arena located in Madrid, Spain.

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.

  1. ^ "El Barclaycard Center amplía su aforo máximo hasta los 17.453 espectadores". 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ "El Palacio de Deportes se llamará partir de hoy WiZink Center" (in Spanish). Barclaycard Center. 11 November 2016.