Ataköy Athletics Arena

Ataköy Athletics Arena

Full name	Ataköy Atletizm Salonu
Location	Ataköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates	40°59′15″N 28°51′20″E / 40.98744°N 28.85558°E / 40.98744; 28.85558Coordinates: 40°59′15″N 28°51′20″E / 40.98744°N 28.85558°E / 40.98744; 28.85558
Owner	Turkish Athletic Federation
Capacity	7,450
Construction
Built	September 2011
Opened	27 January 2012
Construction cost	TL 32 million Euro 11 million
Tenants
2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships

Location of Ataköy Athletics Arena

Ataköy Athletics Arena (Turkish: Ataköy Atletizm Salonu), is an indoor sporting arena for track and field athletics events located in Ataköy neighborhood of Bakırköy, Istanbul.

The venue was constructed special for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships to be held in March 9–11, 2012. It is situated next to the Sinan Erdem Dome, where the training activities are being held. The arena will be the first indoor athletics venue of the country as such.^[1][2] In the Istanbul bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics, this venue has been discussed to hold judo and taekwondo events.

The building is 125 m (410 ft) long, 87 m (285 ft) wide and 27 m (89 ft) high, covering an area of 10,875 m² (117,060 sq ft).^[1]

Ataköy Athletics Arena has a 200 m (660 ft) oval track with six lanes, a 60 m (200 ft) straight track with eight lanes for track events, and shot put, high jump, pole vault, long/triple jump sectors for field events.^[1]

It has a total seating capacity of 7,450 consisting of 5,040 spectator seats, 590 VIP seats, 206 VVIP seats, 141 seats with table for TV commentators, 230 seats with table for press, and 144 seats with desk for photo editors and press. In addition, there are 560 seats for team stands and 60 seats for coaches.^[1]

Events hosted

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