Cilindro Municipal

Cilindro Municipal

El Cilindro
Location	Montevideo, Uruguay
Coordinates	34°51′48.25″S 56°9′14.01″W / 34.8634028°S 56.1538917°W / -34.8634028; -56.1538917Coordinates: 34°51′48.25″S 56°9′14.01″W / 34.8634028°S 56.1538917°W / -34.8634028; -56.1538917
Type	Indoor arena
Opened	1956
Closed	2010

Cilindro Municipal (The Municipal Cylinder) was an Indoor arena in Montevideo, Uruguay.

It was opened in 1956 for Industrial Exhibition of the Production of international character.

On October 21, 2010, its roof fell down atop the inside structure because of a fire,^[1] the source of which is unknown,^[2] severely damaging the seats. Interior Ministry Eduardo Bonomi confirmed it will be demolished.

A work group started doing studies since the middle of December 2010 and, on March 2011, the Intendencia of Montevideo announced that the "Cilindro Municipal" will be substituted by an "Olympic" stadium with a cultural as well as sportive scope of use. Works are expected to start in 2012 and will last for three years.^[3]

The arena was the main venue of the 1967 World Basketball Championship^[4], for which it had a seating capacity for 18,000 spectators.^[4] The list of artists that have performed in this arena includes Bob Dylan, Deep Purple, Molotov and Shakira

References

1. ^ http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/noticias/intendencia-analiza-futuro-del-cilindro
2. ^ http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/noticias/cilindro-bomberos-no-encontro-evidencias-de-acto-premeditado
3. ^ Article of El Pais about the furure of the Cilindro.
4. ^ ^{a b} FIFTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1967

External links

• Official site
• Disney on ice
• Images and Info of the arena
• Article about what a reconstruction of the Cilindro would entail

Preceded by Ginásio do Maracanãzinho Rio de Janeiro

FIBA World Championship Final Venue 1967

Succeeded by Dvorana Tivoli Ljubljana