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Poliedro de Caracas

Indoor sporting arena located in Venezuela

Field	Value
name	Poliedro de Caracas
image	Poliedro de Caracas.jpg
caption	The exterior of Poliedro de Caracas.
location	Caracas, Venezuela
coordinates
opened	March 26, 1974
renovated	2013
owner	Polyhedron Foundation of Caracas (Venezuelan State)
capacity	Concerts: 20,000
Sports: 13,500
tenants	[2013 FIBA AmeriCup](2013-fiba-americup)
architect	Jimmy Alcock

Sports: 13,500 The Poliedro de Caracas ("Caracas Polyhedron Arena") is an indoor sports arena, located on the grounds adjacent to Hipodromo La Rinconada, in Caracas, Venezuela. It was designed by architect Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, Inc., in Raleigh, NC, in 1971. However, the geodesic dome was not concluded, until 1974, when US firm Charter Industries, along with Synergetics, Inc. designed and manufactured the geodesic dome in Raleigh, NC.

It is housed beneath a geodesic dome, with a capacity of 20,000 people for concerts and 13,500 people for sporting events. The arena is used for concerts, sporting events such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, ice skating shows, and for circuses, and trade expositions, like auto shows, and expomuebles (furniture). Lately, it has also been used for government-sponsored political events.

American Pop-star Michael Jackson was to perform a concert on 12 November 1993 but was cancelled due to his health problems.

Rent rates for Poliedro de Caracas on concerts and some sporting events ranges from $400-$1000 per day

History

Poliedro de Caracas was finished in 1974, and officially inaugurated with the fight between George Foreman and Ken Norton, on March 26, 1974. It also served as the stage for many local acts, like Melissa, Yordano and Ilan Chester, among others, in addition to international acts that visited Venezuela.

One of the main events that took place each year in El Poliedro (up to 2009, 2013 and since 2022), is the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant. The Poliedro was the main venue of the 2013 FIBA AmeriCup, which determined the final four participants of the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Top concerts

Inside view of the Poliedro de Caracas in 2013

The following is an incomplete list of the most famous artists who have performed at the Poliedro de Caracas:

Country		Artist		Year
USA
UK
UK
UK
CUB
CAN
USA
PRI
USA
CAN
ESP
VEN
VEN
ESP
USAVEN
CAN
VEN
ESP
USA
ARG
USA
COL
ITA
ESP
UK
USA
UKVEN
USA
CUB
ARG
UK
USA
USA
GERVEN
USA
SWE
ARGCOL
ARG
ITA
MEX
USAVEN
UK
COL
CAN
COL
UK
USA
COL
USA
USA
USAVEN
GER
PRI
USA
USA
UK
FRA
UK
UK
MEX
USA
USA
USA
AUS
USAVEN
USA
CAN
USA
USA
COL
NED
USA
ENGCOLVENARG
MEXUSA

References

"El Poliedro's first eve - Daily News - EL UNIVERSAL".

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