Altice Arena

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Formerly known as: Pavilhão Atlântico - The idea to build Pavilhão Atlântico goes all the way back to the first discussions held on the Lisbon EXPO’98 Urban Planning exercise. - In contrast with other major European cities, Lisbon did not feature a multipurpose venue capable of hosting large-size shows, congresses, and sports events. - All existing facilities, in the capital or elsewhere in the country, either had limited seating capacity – say up to 4,000 seated – or could only be adapted to unconventional events, such as high-level indoor sports tournaments, with great difficulty. - In addition, most venues lacked the kind of technological features required by modern TV coverage or by a major music or theatre production. - There was definitely a gap for a venue of a capacity of over 4,000 spectators, standing between venues such as Lisbon’s Coliseu or a number of arenas built for other purposes that could be adapted for the effect, and large-size open-air sports stadiums. Owing to that fact, the country was being bypassed by the organisers of indoor sports tournaments and events, and it became a problem to organise major concerts during the cold and rainy season. - Hence the decision to build a facility of this nature integrated within the urban planning priorities of the former EXPO’98 area. - The selected location had the advantage of not only serving the population of Portugal’s major metropolitan conglomeration, but also the country as a whole, given its proximity to Oriente Station (a multimodal public transport hub interconnecting all major public transport systems) and to major highways and roadways connections.