Ataköy Athletics Arena
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Ataköy Athletics Arena is an indoor sporting arena for track and field athletics
events located in Ataköy neighborhood of Bakırköy
, Istanbul
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The venue is being constructed special for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
to be held in March 9-11, 2012. It is next to the Sinan Erdem Dome, where the training activities will be held. The arena will be the first indoor athletics venue of the country as such.
The building is 125 m (410.1 ft) long, 87 m (285.4 ft) wide and 27 m (88.6 ft) high, covering an area of 10875 square metre.
Ataköy Athletics Arena will have a 200 m oval track with six lanes, a 60 m straight track with eight lanes for track events, and shot put, high jump, pole vault, long/triple jump sectors for field events.
It will have a seating capacity of 7,450: 5040 spectator seats, 590 VIP seats, 206 VVIP seats, 141 seats with table for TV commentators, 230 seats with table for press, and 144 seats with desk for photo editors and press. In addition, there will be 560 seats for team stands and 60 seats for coaches.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
events located in Ataköy neighborhood of Bakırköy
Bakirköy
This article is about a neighbourhood in IstanbulBakırköy is a neighborhood, municipality and district on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey. The quarter is densely populated, has a residential character and is inhabited by a middle class population...
, Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
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The venue is being constructed special for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics will be the 15th edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics and will be held in March 9-11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.-Bidding Process:...
to be held in March 9-11, 2012. It is next to the Sinan Erdem Dome, where the training activities will be held. The arena will be the first indoor athletics venue of the country as such.
The building is 125 m (410.1 ft) long, 87 m (285.4 ft) wide and 27 m (88.6 ft) high, covering an area of 10875 square metre.
Ataköy Athletics Arena will have a 200 m oval track with six lanes, a 60 m straight track with eight lanes for track events, and shot put, high jump, pole vault, long/triple jump sectors for field events.
It will have a seating capacity of 7,450: 5040 spectator seats, 590 VIP seats, 206 VVIP seats, 141 seats with table for TV commentators, 230 seats with table for press, and 144 seats with desk for photo editors and press. In addition, there will be 560 seats for team stands and 60 seats for coaches.