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Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda (known as the National Gymnasium in some English sources) is an indoor sporting arena located in San Salvador, El Salvador. The capacity of the arena is 12,500 spectators. It is mainly used to host basketball and other indoor sporting events. It also hosted the Miss Universe 1975 competition on CBS with Bob Barker.

Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda

Location	San Salvador, El Salvador
Coordinates	13°41′53″N 89°12′36″W
Capacity	12,500
Construction
Broke ground	1950
Opened	1956; 66 years ago (1956)

Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin performed at the arena on 18 October 2011 for his Música + Alma + Sexo World Tour.

It has been used by the basketball team Santa Tecla BC.[1]

History

Built between 1950 and 1956, named after basketball player José Adolfo "Chorro de Humo" Pineda; a noticeable character who led the national salvadorean basketball team to win the gold in the VIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe in 1959.

References

External links

• Stadium information^{[permanent dead link]}
• Stadium picture

На других языках

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- [en] Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda

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[es] Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda

El Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda es un recinto multiusos situado en la ciudad de San Salvador, El Salvador. Sus instalaciones son utilizadas principalmente para la práctica del baloncesto y voleibol,[3] aunque también tienen lugar diversos eventos multitudinarios como: conciertos, concentraciones políticas, la Teletón El Salvador y otros deportes bajo techo.

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