Broke ground September 1984 Capacity 5,003 Structural engineer Geiger Engineers | Opened April 1986 Phone +82 2-410-1114 Renovated 2011 | |
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.
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