Bizkaia Arena is an indoor arena

Arena

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 in Barakaldo

Barakaldo

Barakaldo , is a municipality in the Basque Country in Spain. It is located in the Biscay province, administratively included in the "Basque Autonomous Community", on the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao.Barakaldo is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area , and its official population...

, Greater Bilbao. It is the biggest multipurpose hall in Spain

Spain

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 as it can hold up to 26,000 people, 18,640 for most indoor sports. The arena is part of the Bilbao Exhibition Centre

Bilbao Exhibition Centre

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 (BEC) complex, the new Exhibition and Congress Centre of Bilbao

Bilbao

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 and Biscay

Biscay

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 since April 2004.

The venue regularly hosts basketball

Basketball

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 games. It was the home arena of the Bilbao Basket club in the 2009-10 ACB season (in 2007 and 2008 it was occasionally used for their most attractive games). It hosted the 2010 Copa del Rey Final Eight, and it will be one of the six venues for the 2014 FIBA World Championship

2014 FIBA World Championship

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 organized by Spain.

Several international pop

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 and rock

Rock music

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 bands have performed at the Bizkaia Arena.

The venue has also been used for other kind of shows (opera, Disney on Ice

Disney on Ice

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, etc.), political speeches, and religious meetings.