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National Gymnastics Arena

Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Coordinates	40°25′09″N 49°55′00″E / 40.41923°N 49.916605°E / 40.41923; 49.916605
Owner	Mayoralty of Baku
Capacity	5,000–10,000
Construction
Broke ground	August 2009
Built	2009–2014
Opened	April 2014
Architect	Broadway Malyan, sport specialist BDP Pattern
Project manager	Phil Benson
Main contractors	PASHA Construction (PASHA Holding), sport specialist BDP Pattern
Website
www.mga.az

The National Gymnastics Arena is an indoor arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. The venue is mainly used for gymnastics.

Overview

National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan was designed by Broadway Malyan and sport specialist BDP Pattern. PASHA Construction (PASHA Holding) appointed Broadway Malyan and sport specialist BDP Pattern 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 m. 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

• Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation
• Gymnastics in Azerbaijan

References

1. "National Gymnastics Arena - Pattern".
2. "National Gymnastics Arena in Azerbaijan completed". www.stadia-magazine.com. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
3. "AGF — History 2009 August". agf.az. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
4. "AGF — History 2014 April". agf.az. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
5. "About NGA". www.mga.az. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
6. "National Gymnastic Arena". www.mga.az. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
7. "National Gymnastic Arena - Events". www.mga.az. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
8. "Baku 2015 European Games - Venues - National Gymnastics Arena". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. "The 23rd Azerbaijan and Open Baku Women's and Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championship among Age Categories and The 23rd Azerbaijan Acrobatic Gymnastics Championship". AGF — Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
10. "UEG Gymnastics". www.ueg.org. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
11. "The 26th Azerbaijan and Baku Championships among age categories in Acrobatic Gymnastics / The 26th Azerbaijan and Baku Championships among age categories in Artistic Gymnastics". AGF — Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
12. "Competition Venues". eyofbaku2019.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
13. "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships". agf.az. Retrieved 2019-09-20.

External links

Media related to National Gymnastics Arena at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in English)

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