Gimnasio Manuel Bernardo Aguirre is an indoor arena in Chihuahua, Chihuahua,

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. It is primarily used for

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and it's the home arena of the

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of the

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(LNBP). It has also hosted

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, and concert events. It was inaugurated on 2 October 1980 and has a capacity of 10,530 people. There is much more to say about this building, the design marvel at the time of construction. Particularly, the roof design made of steel cabling meshed to perfection to stand Chihuahua’s extreme temperatures and structural stresses. Every cable was mathematically calculated by engineer Aguilera, UACH faculty member, considered among best mathematicians in the world.

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Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Samaniego (20 August 1908 – 4 April 1999) was a Mexican politician. He was secretary of agriculture (1970–1974) and governor of Chihuahua (state) (1974–1980). He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Part ...

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