SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium

SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium

SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in 2012
Former names	Olympic Fencing Gymnasium
Location	Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates	37°31′02″N 127°07′35″E / 37.517345°N 127.126313°ECoordinates: 37°31′02″N 127°07′35″E / 37.517345°N 127.126313°E
Capacity	7,000
Construction
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
Tenants
South Korea national handball team (2011–present) South Korea women's national handball team (2011–present) Seoul City (2011–present) Doosan Handball Club (2011–present)

Korean name
Hangul	올림픽핸드볼경기장
Hanja	奧林匹克手球運動場
Revised Romanization	Ollimpik handeubol gyeonggijang
McCune–Reischauer	Ollimp‘ik haendŭbol kyŏnggijang

SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium (Hangul: SK올림픽핸드볼경기장; hanja: SK奧林匹克手球運動場) is an indoor sporting arena located at the Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul South Korea. The seating capacity of the arena is 7,000 and was built from September 1984 to April 1986.^[1]

History

It was known as the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium (Hangul: 올림픽펜싱경기장; hanja: 奧林匹克擊劍運動場, or Olympic Gymnasium No. 2) and hosted the fencing and fencing part of the modern pentathlon events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 2011 it was remodel 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]

Olympic Fencing Gymnasium in 2008

Notable events

Besides holding fencing at the 1988 Olympics, the arena also hosts concerts by Korean as well as international artists.

• Megadeth
• Scorpions
• Unbreakable Tour (Backstreet Boys Tour)
• It was the one of the venues for Avril Lavigne's Bonez Tour on March 23, 2005

2008–2009

• SS501: SS501 Showcase with Triple S – 15 November 2008
• Super Junior: 1st Asia Tour – "Super Show" – 22, 23 and 24 February 2008 and 3, 4 January 2009 (encore shows)
• Super Junior - 2nd Asia Tour – "Super Show 2" – 17, 18 and 19 July 2009^[3]
• Park Hyo-shin: Park Hyo-shin's Gift – 17, 18 and 19 October 2009 – to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his debut.^[4]
• Girls' Generation: 1st Asia Tour – "Into the New World" – 19, 20 December 2009 and 27, 28 February 2010 (encore shows)^[5]

2010–2012

• 19th Seoul Music Awards – 3 February 2010^[6]
• Tom Jones: Tom Jones in Seoul – March 2010 (two shows) – first concerts in Korea in 27 years.^[7]
• B1A4: 1st BABA B1A4 Concert – 8 and 9 December 2012 – The first solo concert^[8]
• CN Blue: 2012 CN Blue Live: Blue Night in Seoul – 15 and 16 December – fourth concert in Seoul^[9][10]

2013

• 22nd Seoul Music Awards – 31 January 2013

2014

• B1A4: 2014 B1A4 Concert The Class – 15 and 16 February 2014
• 2NE1: AON: All Or Nothing World Tour – 1 and 2 March – third and fourth concert in Seoul as part of their second world tour
• B.A.P: B.A.P Live On Earth 2014 Continent Tour – 8 and 9 March – first and second stop in Seoul as a part of their second world tour
• Block B: Blockbuster Remastering " – 22 and 23 November 2014

2015

• BTS: 2015 BTS LIVE <花樣年華 on stage> – 27, 28 and 29 November^[11]

2016

• GOT7: Amazing GOT7 World – 16 January
• SEVENTEEN: 'LIKE SEVENTEEN – Boys Wish' ENCORE CONCERT – 13 and 14 February^[12]
• B.A.P: B.A.P Live on Earth 2016 World Tour – 20 and 21 February – first and second stop in Seoul as a part of their third world tour
• GOT7: 1st Concert "FLY" – 29 and 30 April

References

1. 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 178.
2. Suk, Monica (20 October 2011). "SK chief’s contribution to handball stadium". Korea Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
3. Kim, Lynn (8 December 2009). "Super Junior to release live album this week". Asiae. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
4. "Event Calendar: October 2009" Korea Herald. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 2012-04-10
5. Park, Kun-ouc (2 March 2010). "Girls' Generation's Asia tour encore show a success". 10 Asia. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
6. Kun-ouc, Park (4 February 2010). "Girls' Generation scores triple win at Seoul Music Awards". 10 Asia. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
7. "2010.3.31 Ticket". Joongang Daily. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
8. Hong, Grace Danbi (19 October 2012). "B1A4 Sells Out First Concert Tickets in Five Minutes". enewsworld mnet. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
9. Ho, Stewart (17 October 2012). "CN Blue to Hold its Fourth Seoul Concert in December". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
10. Ho, Stewart (17 November 2012). "CN Blue Sells Out Tickets to Seoul Concert in 10 Minutes". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
11. "BTS releases concert poster". kpopherald.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
12. "Seventeen announces encore concert url = http://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0000563473". entertain.naver.com. External link in |title= (help);

External links

• Olympic Park official website