Medellin Coliseum
| Coliseo de Deportes de Medellín | |
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| Location | Medellín, Colombia |
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| Owner | Mayoral of Medellín |
| Operator | INDER Medellín |
| Capacity | 6,000 (Iván de Beodut Coliseum) |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2009 |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Construction cost | CO$50 million |
| Architect | Giancarlo Mazzanti Felipe Mesa (Plan B Architects) |
| Structural engineer | Nicolás Parra Daniel Lozano (CNI Ingenieros) |
Coordinates: 6°15′24.48″N 75°35′24.62″W / 6.2568000°N 75.5901722°W
Medellín Sports Coliseum (known in Spanish simply as the Coliseums (Spanish: Los Coliseos) or the Sport Coliseums (Spanish: Los Coliseos Deportivos), is a complex of five sports arenas located in Medellín, Colombia: the Guillermo Gaviria Correa Coliseum for Martial Arts, the Jorge Valderrama Coliseum for Handball, the Jorge Hugo Giraldo Coliseum for Gymnastics, the Iván de Beodut Coliseum for Basketball, and the Yesid Santos Coliseum for Volleyball. It is part of the larger Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex. The five gymnasiums were designed by Giancarlo Mazzanti and Plan B Architects. Three coliseums were renovated and two new coliseums were constructed in 18 months and with CO$50 million in preparation for the 2010 South American Games. The design has a wavy sloped green roofline and an area of 493,000 square feet.
The sports complex was completed in 18 months for the 2010 South American Games. In 2008, two years before the tournament, Medellín held an international design competition, in which was proposed the building of two new venues for gymnastics and martial arts for the Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex, and the renovation of the Iván de Beodut Coliseum, in which are held basketball, volleyball and handball events. The winning design featured a semi-open construction that interconnected the four sports arenas.
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