La Coupole d’Alger Arena

Oscar Niemeyer

Cheraga, Algeria · 1975 · Sport

La Coupole d’Alger Arena
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Location
Cheraga, Algeria
Year
1975
Typology
Sport
Materials
Concrete, Metal cladding
Context
Modernism, Brazilian Modernism
Map
Open location

La Coupole du Complexe Olympique Mohamed Boudiaf is an indoor sporting arena located in Dély Ibrahim, Algeria. The capacity of the arena is 5,500 spectators. It hosts indoor sporting events such as Handball, Basketball, Volleyball. It also hosted many international competitions and many political gatherings and concerts. The Arena was inaugurated on the occasion of the hosting of the 1975 Mediterranean Games. there are six entrances in the Arena, one of which is for the official, the Arena is of one floor in a circular way, there is also a small second floor for VIP.

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