The Gigantinho ("Little Giant" in Portuguese) is an indoor sports arena in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The sixth largest arena in the country, it was opened on 4 November 1973. It is located in the riverside Beira-Rio complex of Sport Club Internacional, next to the "Gigante" ("Giant") stadium.
Facilities Covering 7,200 square meters, the arena includes an indoor football pitch. The capacity of the gym is 12,864 people for games and 14,586 for concerts. Eleven cabins are set aside for the press. There are thirteen bathrooms (six women, six men and one for the disabled), six changing rooms, and eleven bars. The gym houses the Foundation for Education and Culture of SCI (FECI), where the library is located.
The Gigantinho has hosted numerous events and concerts, as well as the World Social Forum and the World Forum on Education.
Concerts Many concerts have been held at the arena during recent years, including:
Artist Date Tour The Jackson FiveSeptember 17, 1974The Jackson 5 World TourGenesisMay 10&11, 1977Wind & Wuthering TourVan HalenFebruary 1&2, 1983Hide Your Sheep TourEcho & the BunnymenMay 9, 1987New OrderNovember 28, 1988Jethro TullAugust 2, 198820th Anniversary TourJethro TullSeptember 8, 1990 Rock Island TourEric ClaptonOctober 16, 1990 Journeyman World TourA-haJune 7, 1990 East Of The Sun West Of The Moon Tour Bob DylanAugust 14, 1991Never Ending Tour 1991Faith no MoreSeptember 27, 1991The Real Thing Tour Roxette May 6, 1992 Join the Joyride! Tour Iron Maiden August 4, 1992 Fear of the Dark Tour Red Hot Chili Peppers October 14, 2002 By the Way World Tour Deep Purple September 18, 2003 Bananas Tour Deep Purple November 25, 2006 Rapture Of The Deep TourRBD October 3,4, 2006Tour Generación RBDEvanescenceApril 17, 2007The Open Door Tour RBD April 27, 2007 Tour Celestial Iron Maiden March 5, 2008 Somewhere Back in Time World Tour Green Day October 13, 2010 21st Century Breakdown World Tour Jonas Brothers November 10, 2010 Jonas Brothers Live in Concert World Tour Ringo Starr November 10, 2010 11th All Star Band Tour Linkin Park October 12, 2012 Living Things World Tour Robert Plant October 29, 2012 The Sensational Space Shifters Tour Kiss November 14, 2012 Monster Tour
See also List of indoor arenas in Brazil
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Arena information