Pavilhão João Rocha
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| Location | Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Owner | Sporting Clube de Portugal |
| Capacity | 3000 |
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| Opened | 21 Jun 2017 |
| Construction cost | € 9.621.557 |
| Architect | Andreas Moerschel |
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Sporting CP (roller hockey) (2017–present) Sporting CP (futsal) (2017–present) Sporting CP (handball) (2017–present) Sporting CP (volleyball) (2017–present) |
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| Website | |
| http://www.sporting.pt/ | |
Pavilhão João Rocha is a new multi-sports pavilion located in the parish of Lumiar, in Lisbon. Located next to the Estádio José Alvalade, it will be the new home of Sporting Clube de Portugal. In honor of one of the most distinguished figures in the history of Sporting Clube de Portugal, the pavilion was named after former club president, João Rocha, who remained in office from September 1973 to October 1986. Its inauguration took place on the day June 21, 2017.
The new gymnasium pavilion has 3000 seats distributed by four distinct benches and a corporate area. Besides being destined to host futsal, handball, roller hockey and volleyball competitions, also includes an expansion of the Green Store and a technological and interactive extension of the Sporting World Museum.
It includes an amphitheater, two press rooms, a restaurant area and, in its surrounding area, two five-a-side football pitches and a seven-a-side football pitch. In addition, a Walk of Fame of the former sportinguista glories and a monument evoking the great figures attached to the club were erected near the pavilion.
In 1975, Sporting Clube de Portugal, João Rocha, president of the club at the time, advanced with the project to create a sports complex in the vicinity of the Estádio José Alvalade (1956).
Thus, on October 14, 1976, the Pavilion of Alvalade was born. This was, in fact, a sports complex, with 4 thousand square meters and three enclosures (the main pavilion, with capacity for 5000 spectators, and two smaller pavilions used for training).
However, the work saw its life shortened dramatically due to the growth of the city of Lisbon and its transport network. Thus, in September 1986, the main pavilion was demolished when the construction of the Campo Grande Metro Station.
Facing this situation, João Rocha, still president of the club, has launched a project to improve the facilities of the club. Realizing an old ambition of the fans of sportinguistas, closed the Estádio José Alvalade through the construction of the called "new bench" and, taking advantage of the space underneath of this one, raised the Nave de Alvalade.
With capacity for 1500 spectators, Nave de Alvalade happened to be the house of the modalities of Sporting, although it was thought that it would only be provisional. However, the pavilion hosted numerous campaigns and events.
On January 4, 2004, Nave de Alvalade sold out for the last time with a futsal game because, together with the old stadium, it would be demolished after the construction of the new José Alvalade Stadium which did not contemplate the construction of a new For the modalities.
After the demolition of the Nave de Alvalade, Sporting Clube de Portugal no longer has its own venue for its teams to compete. Although the new Alvalade XXI Complex contains a multi-sport building for the preparation and training of the club's athletes, the size of the adept masses and the number of modalities required a venue for high competition.
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