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SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium

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Broke ground
  
September 1984

Capacity
  
5,003

Structural engineer
  
Geiger Engineers

Opened
  
April 1986

Phone
  
+82 2-410-1114

Renovated
  
2011

SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium

Former names
  
Olympic Fencing Gymnasium

Location
  
Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Construction cost
  
43.4 billion won (2011 reconstruction)

Architect
  
Kang Kum-hee Architects

Address
  
South Korea, Seoul, Songpa-gu, Bangi-dong, 올림픽로 424

Similar
  
Olympic Park - Seoul, Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Stadium Negara, AsiaWorld–Arena, Seoul Olympic Stadium

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 current seating capacity of the arena is 5,003. The arena was built from September 1984 to April 1986.

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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 prior 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.

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
  • Park Hyo-shin: Park Hyo-shin's Gift – 17, 18 and 19 October 2009 – to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his debut.
  • Girls' Generation: 1st Asia Tour – "Into the New World" – 19, 20 December 2009 and 27, 28 February 2010 (encore shows)
  • 2010–2012
  • 19th Seoul Music Awards – 3 February 2010
  • Tom Jones: Tom Jones in Seoul – March 2010 (two shows) – first concerts in Korea in 27 years.
  • B1A4: 1st BABA B1A4 Concert – 8 and 9 December 2012 – The first solo concert
  • CN Blue: 2012 CN Blue Live: Blue Night in Seoul – 15 and 16 December – fourth concert in Seoul
  • 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 The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage – 27, 28 and 29 November
  • 2016

  • GOT7: Amazing GOT7 World – 16 January
  • SEVENTEEN: 'LIKE SEVENTEEN – Boys Wish' ENCORE CONCERT – 13 and 14 February
  • 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: Fly Tour – 29 and 30 April
  • 2017

  • BtoB: 3rd Concert 'BTOB Time' – 21 and 22 January
  • AOMG Follow The Movement concert – February 11 and 12
  • TWICE: TWICELAND – The Opening – 17, 18 and 19 February
  • References

    SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium Wikipedia