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Palacio de los Deportes

Palacio de los Deportes (English: Sports Palace) is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico. It is within the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City complex, near the Mexico City International Airport and in front of the Estadio GNP Seguros, in which sports and artistic events are also celebrated. It is operated by Grupo CIE. The palace is named after Mexican military official Juan Escutia, although it is rarely referred to in its full name. The stadium was constructed for the 1968 Summer Olympics and opened in 1968. The arena currently has 17,800 seats and can be expanded for more for non-sports events.

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1968

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Indoor arena

stadium arena sports building concrete steel Indoor arena

Concrete Steel

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Felix Candela

1910-1997 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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Felix Candela was a Spanish-Mexican architect and engineer celebrated for thin-shell concrete structures that reshaped postwar architecture in Mexico.

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