Movistar Arena, previously known as Coliseo Cubierto El Campín, is an indoor sporting arena located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was built in 1973 and renovated in 2018. The arena capacity is up to 14,000 people and it hosts around 90 shows per year. . Telefónica's cell phone division Movistar bought the arena's naming rights, changing its name in March 2018 for the next 20 years.

Tennis matches Notable tennis players that have played at the arena include: Andre Agassi vs. Pete Sampras Anna Kournikova Karolína Plíšková Ashley Harkleroad Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic (Game played on 20 March 2011. It was a sold-out event, more than 13,000 people attended the event.) Roger Federer vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

History As El Campín Coliseum

The estate on top of which the arena and neighboring buildings (such as El Campín Stadium) are built was donated to the city by Leonilde Matiz de Camacho and Luis Camacho Matiz, wife and son of Nemesio Camacho respectively, on 9 December 1937.

In 2011, following 16 years of lease to the private sector, the coliseum came back to the hands of the city government. On 19 January 2011, the District Institute of Recreation and Sports (IDRD by its Spanish-language initials) was informed in Bogotá City Council that the stage required reinforcement and technical improvements that required the IDRD to reduce the coliseum's capacity, thus recommending the city government the demolition of the stage, all for the construction of new installations for the city.

Faced with the possibility of demolition, some citizens opposed it, manifesting that the building had an important architectonic and historic value for the city. Due to these circumstances, the city government contracted a series of technical and feasibility studies that would help take a decision.

Renovation On 14 January 2015 the IDRD and the Mayor of Bogota announced the "coliseum" would be renewed completely over the following two years. It would be a multi-event arena named Arena Sponsor Bogota which will have all the amenities needed be able to accommodate more elaborate events..

The upgrade expanded the arena's yearly capacity to more than one million spectators every year, as the new facilities allowed for quicker turnaround times, enabling it to host more than 90 events annually.

The renovation works themselves started in 2018. While the administration of the stadium was still in the hands of the IDRD, its operation was put in the hands of the Colombian branch of Spain's Telefónica (behind its brand Movistar) though a 20 year-long public-private alliance starting in 2018.

As Movistar Arena

On 11 October 2023, four days after the October 7 attacks and in the first days of the Gaza genocide in Palestine, the arena projected the flag of Israel over its façade. Following outrage in social media over the belief the city government was behind the projection, the arena's Twitter account said that the projection of the Israeli flag was something done as "an act of human solidarity" by the communication team of the arena's administration without involvement of the city government whatsoever, as the arena is now administered by private company Colombiana de Escenarios.

Other events In the arena there had been also many shows such as High School Musical The Ice Tour, and Disney on Ice. The WWE hosted their first house show in Bogota on 23 August 2019.

Concerts Artist Date Assistance James Brown August 1973 N/A Santana 9 October 1973 N/A Information Society & Estados Alterados 24 May 1991 N/A Soda Stereo 23 September 1991 N/A INXS & La Derecha 24 March 1994 N/A Luis Miguel 10 June 1994 N/A Delirious? 15 & 16 September 2006 N/A 1 February 2008 N/A Dream Theater & Hiddenpath 12 March, 2008 N/A Bryan Adams 9 April 2008 N/A R.E.M., The Mars Volta & The Mills 29 October 2008 N/A Duran Duran 12 November 2008 N/A Maroon 5 20 November 2008 N/A Fito Páez 13 December 2008 N/A Juanes 14 December 2008 N/A Los Fabulosos Cadillacs 28 February 2009 N/A Keane & Sexto Sentido 3 March, 2009 N/A Carlos Santana 12 March 2009 N/A Motörhead & Ursus 21 April 2009 N/A Heaven & Hell 5 May 2009 N/A Sarah Brightman 28 October, 2009 N/A Korn & Nepentes 10 April, 2010 N/A Rubén Blades 1 May 2010 N/A Miguel Bosé 8 May 2010 N/A Gustavo Cerati 13 May 2010 N/A Joaquín Sabina 22 May 2010 N/A Demi Lovato 25 May, 2010 N/A Massive Attack & Martina Topley-Bird 12 November 2010 N/A The Smashing Pumpkins & Black Memory 27 November 2010 N/A Stone Temple Pilots & El Sie7e 18 December 2010 N/A Camila 11 May 2011 N/A Miley Cyrus 19 May, 2011 N/A Judas Priest, Whitesnake & Albatroz 23 September, 2011 N/A Ricardo Arjona 2 & 3 August, 2012 N/A Joaquín Sabina & Joan Manuel Serrat 24 November 2012 N/A Alejandro Sanz 23 April 2013 N/A Miguel Bosé 13 June 2013 N/A Mägo de Oz, Kraken, Krönös, Bürdel King & Rata Blanca 3 November 2013 N/A Fito Páez 15 November 2013 N/A Epica, Angra & Mägo de Oz 13 June 2013 N/A Arctic Monkeys & The Hives 4 November, 2014 N/A Ska-P & I.R.A. 15 November 2014 N/A Deep Purple & The Black Cat Bone 21 November, 2014 N/A Fonseca28 September 2018 N/A Juanes, Miguel Bosé & Sebastian Yatra3 October 2018 N/A Zoé & Nicolás y los Fumadores6 October 2018 N/A Sting & Shaggy21 October 2018 N/A Maluma, LV5 & Dj Eddie Bermúdez10 November 2018 14.000 Lenny Kravitz23 March 2019 14.000 Slash5 May 2019 14.000 Raphael 13 March 2020 5.000 Miley Cyrus 21 March 2022 11.000 Kiss 7 May 2022 12.000Karol G22 May 2022 14.000TINI25 August 2022 5.000Rosalía31 August 2022 9.000Demi Lovato7 September 2022 7.000NCT 127January 25, 2023 6.000Alicia Keys11 May 2023 14.000Måneskin24 October 2023 10.000Maná10-13 April 2024 28.000Niall Horan9 October 2024NCT DREAM31 August 2024Kylie Minogue19 August 2025Doja Cat15 February 2026Kali Uchis18 February 2026Rosalía16 July 2026TINI18 September 2026Robbie Williams20 September 2026Soy Luna27 October 2026

See also List of indoor arenas in Colombia Simón Bolívar Park Bogotá Corferias Arena Vicente Fernández Gómez

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