Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
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The Coliseo Eduardo Dibos is a multi-propose indoor arena
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 located in San Borja Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, exactly between Angamos Ave. and Aviación Ave. The arena has a capacity for 6,000 people. This arena is used to host sport events as volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, also many other secondary sports. It is also used for circus events and Bugs Bunny on Ice in August 2006. The Coliseo Dibos, with the Coliseo Mariscal Caceres
Coliseo Mariscal Caceres
The Coliseo Mariscal Caceres is a Multi-propose indor arena ubicated in Chorrillos in Lima, Peru, it has a capacity for 7000 people. The arena is used for many different sports, the principal sport paracticed in the coliseum is volleyball, but it also host events for championships as Karate, Tae...

, are the most important venues for non-football sports in Lima. This venue also hosts concerts as in 1994 the Gaitan Castro brothers were the first Peruvian artists to sell out the arena for a concert. Most recently, a boxing event sold out featuring the WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 world champion Kina Malpartida
Kina Malpartida
Kina Malpartida Dyson is a Peruvian female professional boxer. She is the 2009 World Boxing Association Champion in the Super Featherweight class.-Personal life:Malpartida was born in Lima, Peru in 1980 to Susy Dyson and Oscar Malpartida...

and Halana Dos Santos on 20 June 2009.
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