Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)

Polyvalent Hall

Location	Bucharest, Romania
Owner	Municipality of Bucharest
Capacity	5,300 seats[1]
Construction
Opened	1974
Renovated	2008, 2011
Tenants
various

Polyvalent Hall from Bucharest (Romanian: Sala Polivalentă din București) is a multi-purpose hall in Bucharest, Romania, located in the Tineretului Park. It is used for concerts, indoor sports such as tennis, gymnastics, dance, handball, volleyball, basketball, weightlifting, combat sports and professional wrestling.

Musical events

• 1994 Anathema
• 1998 Deep Purple
• 2000 Yes
• 2004 Scorpions
• 2005 Nightwish
• 2006 Paul van Dyk
• 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• 2007 The Chemical Brothers, Tori Amos, Shakin' Stevens, Armin van Buuren, etc.
• 2008 Chicane, M.A.N.D.Y., Jeff Mills, Yamato, Juanes, RBD, Jean Michel Jarre, Róisín Murphy, Smokie, etc.
• 2009 Sepultura, James Blunt, ZZ Top, Gorillaz, Underworld, Dubfire, Soulfly, DJ Tiësto, Faith No More, Anastacia, Simple Minds, etc.
• 2010 Air, Jean Michel Jarre, Steve Vai, etc.
• 2011 Armin van Buuren, Morcheeba, etc.
• 2012 Dub FX, Holograf, Vunk, etc.
• 2014 Deep Purple

Sporting events

• 2000 European Women's Handball Championship Final between Hungary and Ukraine
• 2002 WBA Lightweight Title Match between the champion Leonard Doroftei and the challenger Raul Horacio Balbi
• 2004 Davis Cup World Group First Round Match between Romania and Switzerland
• 2004 European Judo Championships
• 2006 EHF Challenge Cup Final between Steaua MFA Bucureşti and SC Horta
• 2007 K-1 Romania
• 2007 Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball
• 2008 Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball
• 2008 Beijing 2008 Olympic Women's Handball Qualifying Tournament: Romania, Hungary, Japan and Poland
• 2008 Edvin Marton, Evgeni Plushenko & Surya Bonaly in "Kings On Ice"
• 2008 WBC Light heavyweight Title Match between Adrian Diaconu and Chris Henry, an event promoted by Don King TV
• 2009 European Weightlifting Championships
• 2009 American Wrestling Rampage (AWR) in "The European Invasion": Rob Van Dam, Omen, Sean Waltman, Scotty 2 Hotty, Joe Legend, Raven, René Duprée, April Hunter, etc.
• 2010 Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball
• 2010 EHF Women's Champions League Final between CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and Viborg HK
• 2010 EHF Cup Winners' Cup Semifinal between Steaua MFA Bucureşti and BM Granollers
• 2010 World Men's Handball Championship Play-Off between Romania and Russia
• 2011 WWE WrestleMania Revenge Tour: John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler, William Regal, Evan Bourne, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Primo, Sin Cara, Santino Marella, Vladimir Kozlov, The Usos, Natalya, Eve Torres, Maryse Ouellet, Alicia Fox, Ted DiBiase, Jr., Mark Henry, The Miz, CM Punk, Randy Orton and John Cena
• 2012 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Bucharest
• 2012 SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012 Final
• 2013 EHF Women's Champions League Semifinal between CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and Győri Audi ETO KC
• 2014 Bucharest Trophy
• 2015 Dreamhack Cluj-Napoca

References

1. "Istoric Sala Polivalenta" (in Romanian). Sala Polivalenta official website. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

External links

• Sala Polivalentă website (Romanian)

Coordinates: 44°24′19″N 26°06′36″E / 44.40528°N 26.11000°E