Movistar Arena, previously known as Coliseo Cubierto El Campín, is an indoor sporting arena located in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

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. It was built in 1973 and renovated in 2018. The arena holds 90 shows per year. The maximum capacity is up to 14,000 people. Telefónica's cell phone division Movistar bought the arena's naming rights, changing its name in March 2018 for the next 20 years.

Tennis matches

Notable tennis players that have played at the arena include: * Andre Agassi vs.

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* Anna Kournikova *

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* Ashley Harkleroad * Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic (Game played on 20 March 2011. It was a sold-out event, more than 13,000 people attended the event.) * Roger Federer vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Renovation

On 14 January 2015 the IDRD and the Mayor of Bogota announced the coliseum would be renewed completely during 2 years. It would be a multi-event arena named Arena Sponsor Bogota which will have all the amenities needed for the best shows. It expanded the arena to hold more than 90 shows per year and having more than 1,000,000 spectators every year.

Other events

In the arena there had been also many shows such as '' High School Musical The Ice Tour'', and ''

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''. The WWE will make its debut it Colombia on 15 October 2014 with a WWE Live event at the arena, but the WWE event never happened, five years later the WWE finally made a house show in Bogota on 23 August 2019.

Concerts

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