Polifórum Benito Juárez
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The Polifórum Benito Juárez a 5,800-seat indoor arena in Cancún, Quintana Roo, was built in just 128 days in 2008. It was built as the home of the Pioneros de Quintana Roo basketball team. The arena was built of reinforced concrete in order to withstand hurricanes that may come through the Yucatán Peninsula. It can also serve a shelter in case of a natural disaster.
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Location | Blvd. Luis Donaldo Colosio Km. 7.5 Benito Juárez, Cancún, Q.R. 77565 |
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Coordinates | 21°06′04″N 86°50′06″W |
Owner | Benito Juárez Municipality, Quintana Roo |
Operator | Pioneros de Quintana Roo |
Capacity | Basketball: 5800 Concerts: 6000 |
Field size | 750,500 square feet |
Surface | Multi-surface |
Construction | |
Broke ground | December 23, 2008 |
Opened | May 1, 2009[1] |
Construction cost | $98 million [2] |
Architect | Roberto Arpón[3] |
Project manager | Arpón Bureau |
Structural engineer | Roberto Arpón |
Services engineer | Roberto Arpón |
General contractor | Maiz-Mier |
Tenants | |
Pioneros de Quintana Roo (LNBP) |
In addition to serving as home of the Pioneros and as a shelter for natural disasters, the Polifórum is also used for concerts, other sporting events, and other special events. It is also unusual in that its center-hung scoreboard does not include video screens, a must for most new arenas in the 21st century. There are 2,200 permanent seats. The arena cost 98 million pesos to build.
The arena can seat up to 6,000 for concerts. The arena's lighting equipment was installed especially for large-scale TV transmission. Additionally, the Poliforum has all of the comforts of a gymnasium and, among its qualities, is equipped with four dressing rooms for teams participating in any tournament and recording artists who are performing live in concert.[4]