The Super Bock Arena (Pavilhão Rosa Mota) is a cultural and sports

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, Portugal.

History

The pavilion opened in 1954 on the site of Porto's Crystal Palace (''Palácio de Cristal''), demolished in 1951 to make room for the pavilion. It was previously known as Pavilhão dos Desportos. In 1991, it was renamed after Portuguese, European, World and Olympic

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champion

Rosa Mota Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM (; born 29 June 1958) is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold. Mota was the first woman to win ...

. In 2014, after a public

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, a consortium between Lucios and PEV Entertainment was responsible for the rehabilitation of the arena. The initial cost of the rehabilitation was 8 million euros. In November 2018,

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announced that following a naming agreement with

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, the company's name was to be added to the arena, in the course of the 20-year private concession of the space. The rehabilitation process was concluded in 2019. The arena now has the capacity to undertake events up to 8,000 people and is branded Super Bock Arena. Besides cultural and sports events, the arena can now also function as a congress centre.

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