- Pavilhão Atlântico
Pavilhão Atlântico (pron. IPA2|pɐvi'ʎɐ̃ũ ɐ'tlɐ̃tiku, Atlantic Pavilion in English) is an
arena inLisbon ,Portugal .The idea to build Atlantic Pavilion was born in the first discussions over Expo’98 Master Plan. It serves as a multi-event venue, holds major concerts and other uses. Pavilhão Atlântico holds 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for the
Expo '98 .It holds the world record for Attendance in Indoor Soccer when Sporting played
AS Roma for the European Cup of Indoor Soccer. 8.500 people attended the game. Originally, it was named Utopia Pavilion. Before completion Portuguese halls, in the capital or throughout the country, either had limited capacity up to 4 thousand people – or were hardly adaptable to non-conventional events, like indoor high competition sports.One of the most marking events to ever take place there were the
MTV Europe Music Awards in 2005.The biggest concert was a
Shakira concert onApril 23 ,2007 when 20,000 people attended.In addition,
World Wrestling Entertainment has presented four house shows there, onDecember 4 & 5, 2006 andJune 8 & 9, 2007. The December 4 event was the first WWE event in 13 years to take place in Portugal. All the shows were sold out. To be noted that the December 2006 events featured the SmackDown! brand and the June 2007 featured the RAW brand. The RAW brand returns to the arena onApril 19 ,2008 .The tenth installment of Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax series was recorded at Pavilhão Atlântico in May 2007.
Pavilhão Atlântico has hosted many concerts including:
*Anastacia
*Dave Matthews Band
*Eric Clapton
*Roger Waters
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*Sigur Rós
*The Black Eyed Peas
*The Pussycat Dolls , in the "Cidade FM: Move Ya Body" event
*Rihanna , in the "Cidade FM: Move Ya Body" event
*Beyoncé
*Shakira
* Madonna
*Enrique Iglesias
*Julio Iglesias
* Scorpions
*Red Hot Chili Peppers
*Marilyn Manson
*Da Weasel
*Mariza
*Il Divo
*Ricky Martin
*George Michael
*Placido Domingo
*Mickael Carreira
*Incubus
*Andrea Bocelli
*Ben Harper
*Simply Red
*Pearl Jam
*Joaquín Cortés
*Ivete Sangalo
*Tony Carreira
*Jack Johnson
* Roberto Carlos
*Depeche Mode
*Busta Rhymes
*Backstreet Boys
*Maria Rita
*50 Cent
*Eros Ramazzotti
*Pedro Abrunhosa
*The Doors
*Robbie Williams
*Linkin Park
*Iron Maiden
*Supertramp
*Daniela Mercury
*Bryan Adams
*Moby
*Limp Bizkit
* Slipknot
*Rui Veloso
*Joe Cocker
*The Who
*The Offspring
*The Cure
*Charles Aznavour
*Korn
*Alicia Keys
*Tokio Hotel External links
* [http://www.pavilhaoatlantico.pt Official site]
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