The National Gymnastics Arena is an
indoor arena in
Baku,
Azerbaijan
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. The venue is mainly used for gymnastics.
Overview
National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan was designed by
Broadway Malyan
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. PASHA Construction (
PASHA Holding
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) appointed
Broadway Malyan
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to develop the arena from start to finish after winning a competition to design the scheme in 2011. The construction of the NGA started in August 2009, and was inaugurated in April 2014. The arena has capacity of 5,000–9,000 seats depending on the event conducting.
Airdome
The NGA has an additional training hall - Airdome, which was constructed in the south part of the arena on an area of 6000 m². The
dome is kept inflated by ventilators creating internal pressure.
Events
The arena hosted several events of different types of sports as following:
See also
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Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation Public Association () is the overall governing body of the sports of gymnastics in Azerbaijan.
History
“Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation” Public Association was founded In 1994 after the Ministry of Justice o ...
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Gymnastics in Azerbaijan Gymnastics ( az, Gimnastika) is a popular sport in Azerbaijan.
History
Gymnastics was introduced to Azerbaijan in the Soviet period when Azerbaijani gymnast Lina Vinnikova participated in the 1961 world tournament in Germany.
Aside from artistic g ...
References
External links
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Indoor arenas in Azerbaijan
2015 European Games venues
Sports venues completed in 2014
Sports venues in Baku
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