Coliseum da Coruña is an indoor

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for

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s and shows used in

A Coruña A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...

, Galicia,

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. The venue holds 11,000 people for concerts. It was designed by Japanese architect

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, built in 1990 and open on August 12, 1991. It is also occasionally used for

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and

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. It hosted twice the Copa del Rey de Baloncesto: in

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and

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. The arena hosted superstar,

Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed " The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston i ...

on her international trek

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on September 29, 1991. The stop was recorded and aired on TV in several markets of Spain, and select countries in Europe.

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Coliseum at A Coruña websiteInstituto Municipal Coruña Espectáculos informationINSTITUTO MUNICIPAL CORUÑA ESPECTÁCULOSConfiguration for the 2016 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
Buildings and structures in A Coruña Galician culture Sports venues in Galicia (Spain) Indoor arenas in Spain Bullrings in Spain {{ACoruña-struct-stub

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