George's Palace is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain. Designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki , it was opened in The maximum seating capacity of the arena is 17, Since the inauguration, is the largest indoor arena by capacity in Spain. The Palau Sant Jordi was one of the main venues of the Summer Olympics hosting the artistic gymnastics , handball , and volleyball events.
It was the venue of three EuroLeague Final Fours in , , and It also hosted the EuroBasket , from the quarterfinals on, and the Copa del Rey. The final of Davis Cup was the 89th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis.
The arena also hosted the finals of Davis Cup between Spain and Czech Republic with the victory for the Spaniards 5β0. A temporary, regulation swimming pool was installed for the occasion. It was one of six sites that hosted the World Men's Handball Championship including the final. It will host matches for the European Men's Handball Championship. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.
Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons. Indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose venue in Barcelona, Spain. Summer Olympics official report Report. Archived from the original PDF on 28 May Retrieved 13 September Retrieved 10 August Barcelona city Hall.
Archived from the original on 1 October Retrieved 27 August Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palau Sant Jordi. Preceded by SkyDome Toronto. Palais Omnisports Paris. Hong Kong Coliseum Hong Kong. Olympic Indoor Hall Athens. PalaEur Rome. Olympiahalle Munich. Acropolis Exhibition Hall Nice. Rod Laver Arena Melbourne. PalaMalaguti Bologna. Prefectural Pool Fukuoka.
