SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium (Korean: SK올림픽핸드볼경기장; Hanja: SK올림픽핸드볼競技場) is an indoor sporting arena located at the Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The arena was built from September 1984 to April 1986.[1]
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Former names | Olympic Fencing Gymnasium |
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Location | Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Coordinates | 37.517345°N 127.126313°E / 37.517345; 127.126313 |
Capacity | 6,500 |
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Broke ground | September 1984 |
Opened | April 1986 |
Renovated | 2011 |
Construction cost | 43.4 billion won (2011 reconstruction) |
Architect | Kang Kum-hee Architects |
Structural engineer | Geiger Associates |
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Revised Romanization | Ollimpik handeubol gyeonggijang |
McCune–Reischauer | Ollimp‘ik haendŭbol kyŏnggijang |
It was known as the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium (Korean: 올림픽펜싱경기장; Hanja: 올림픽펜싱競技場) or Olympic Gymnasium No. 2 prior to 2011. The arena hosted the fencing and fencing part of the modern pentathlon events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 2011 it was remodelled for handball games at a cost of ₩43.4 billion, specialized with handball only courts. It was renamed as such to host the SK Handball Korea League.[2]
Besides holding fencing at the 1988 Olympics, the arena also hosts concerts by Korean as well as international artists.
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