Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães
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Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, also known as the Geraldão, is an indoor sporting arena located in Recife
, Brazil
. The capacity of the arena is 15,000 spectators and opened in 1970. It hosts indoor sporting events such as basketball
and volleyball
, and also hosts concerts.
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. The capacity of the arena is 15,000 spectators and opened in 1970. It hosts indoor sporting events such as 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...
and 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 also hosts concerts.