The Pavelló de la Mar Bella is an

indoor arena An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for specta ...

located in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

. Seating 4000, it hosted the

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

events for

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. This venue was completed in time for the 1992 Games. In 1993, it was converted to a privately-owned municipal multi-purpose venue, granted to Club Natació Poble Nou. Due to the financial issues faced by said entity, the City Hall of Barcelona recovered the grant and bestowed to the municipal company B:SM. In 2011, the Barcelona School Sports Board (Consell de l'Esport Escolar de Barcelona, CEEB) obtained the grant.

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Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton venues Mar Bella Sports venues completed in 1992 Sports venues in Barcelona Badminton venues Rugby union stadiums in Spain {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub