Centro de Eventos do Ceará (English: Ceará Event Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Fortaleza, Brazil. It is the second largest convention center in Latin America in a total area of 76,000 m2.
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| Former names | Pavilhão de Feiras e Eventos de Fortaleza |
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| Location | Av. Washington Soares, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil |
| Owner | Government of the State of Ceará |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
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| Opened | June 30, 2012 |
| Construction cost | R$ 486.51 million[1] |
The arena had its first event on June 30, 2012, with a show by Jennifer Lopez and Ivete Sangalo as a part of Arte Music Festival.[2] However, the arena was officially inaugurated on August 15, 2012, with a show by Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo and Orquestra de Câmara Eleazar de Carvalho.[3]
Structure edit
The arena is divided into two large blocks, composed by two exhibition halls and two mezzanines, with eighteen rooms each.[4] The exhibition halls have an area of 13,500 m2, with a capacity of 30,000 spectators and are divided into West Pavilion and East Pavilion.[5]
Events edit
The following is a list of notable events held at Centro de Eventos do Ceará.
- Centro de Eventos do Ceará Grand Opening (Plácido Domingo and Orquestra de Câmara Eleazar de Carvalho) – August 15, 2012
- Miss Brasil 2012 – September 29, 2012
- 6th BRICS summit – July 14-15, 2014
- Miss Brasil 2014 – July 19, 2014
- Super Amostra Nacional de Animes - Held two times a year, the event popularly known as "SANA", is focused on anime, manga, tokusatsu, videogame also card game like Yu-Gi-Oh!, geek culture, J-pop and K-pop concerts.
- Intersolar Summit Brazil Nordeste - April 10, 11, 2019 [6]
Concerts edit
| Year | Date | Artist(s) (Opening act) |
Tour | Attendance | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | June, 30 | Ivete Sangalo, | Arte Music Festival, | +25,000 | [7] |
| 2014 | April 17 | Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Democracy | +25,000 | [8] |
| December 20 | SOJA (Onze:20 and Planta & Raiz) |
— | — | [9] | |
| 2015 | January 10 | David Guetta | Listen Tour | +16,000 [10] | [11] |
| October 9 | Los Hermanos | Turnê 2015 | — | [12] | |
| 2016 | January 23 | Magic! | — | — | [13] |
| April 9 | Roberto Carlos | — | +7,000 [14] | [15] | |
| June 11 | Legião Urbana | Legião Urbana XXX anos | — | [16] | |
| 2017 | September 2 | Paulinho da Viola Marisa Monte |
Paulinho da Viola encontra Marisa Monte | — | [17] |
| October 1 | O Rappa | Último Show | — | [18] | |
| December 2 | Pabllo Vittar Banda Uó |
Pisa Menos | — | [19] | |
| 2018 | January 19 | SOJA (Onze:20) |
Poetry In Motion | — | [20] |
| January 27 | Rouge | 15 Anos Tour | — | [21] | |
| March 24 | O Rappa (BaianaSystem) |
— | — | [22] | |
| 2019 | July, 19 | Sandy & Junior | Nossa História | — | [23] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ O Povo (August 14, 2012). "Centro de Eventos custou R$ 122,71 milhões a mais que o previsto". Archived from the original on August 16, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Centro de Eventos recebe shows de Jennifer Lopez e Ivete em Fortaleza". G1. May 7, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ Gov Ceará. "Centro de Eventos do Ceará (CEC) ganha repercussão em outros países". Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Quem somos | Centro de Eventos do Ceará". centrodeeventos.ce.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Grandes Pavilhões | Centro de Eventos do Ceará". centrodeeventos.ce.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Intersolar Summit Brazil Nordeste". Intersolar Summit. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ "Jennifer Lopez e Ivete agitam o novo Centro de Eventos do Ceará". Diário do Nordeste. July 1, 2012. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ "Axl usa chapéu de cangaceiro em show do Guns N'Roses de quase 3 h". Globo. April 18, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Banda norte-americana SOJA faz show em dezembro em Fortaleza". Globo. October 7, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "16,000 people in David Guetta's concert in Fortaleza". O Povo. January 1, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ "David Guetta pede tapetes de ioga e cardápio sem cebola para show em Fortaleza". Globo. January 8, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Vendas para show do Los Hermanos em Fortaleza começam nesta segunda". Globo. March 16, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Banda canadense Magic! confirma show em janeiro na Capital cearense". Verdinha. November 19, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Roberto Carlos emociona mais de 7 mil fãs em Fortaleza". Diário do Nordeste. April 10, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "Roberto Carlos faz shows em Fortaleza e Sobral em abril". Globo. February 23, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Shows e peças garantem diversão no fim de semana no CE; 45 dicas". Globo. June 10, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Paulinho da Viola e Marisa Monte se apresentam em Fortaleza no mês de setembro". Verdinha. August 24, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "SHOW O RAPPA". Centro de Eventos do Ceará. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ Scaliotti, Oswaldo (November 28, 2017). "Pabllo Vittar e Banda UÓ agitam noite deste sábado, 2, em Fortaleza". Tríbuna Ceará. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ Scaliotti, Oswaldo (December 20, 2017). "Banda americana SOJA desembarca em Fortaleza para única apresentação em janeiro de 2018; ingressos já estão à venda". Tríbuna Ceará. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Show do Rouge comemora 15 anos da banda em Fortaleza neste sábado". Tríbuna Ceará. January 27, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "O Rappa se despede dos palcos com show em Fortaleza neste sábado, 24". O Estado. March 22, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Esgotam em duas horas ingressos da pré-venda para show de Sandy e Junior em Fortaleza". Diário do Nordeste. March 20, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
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