Palacio de los Deportes

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Palacio de los Deportes (English: Sports Palace) is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico, within the sports complex Magdalena Mixhuca, near the Mexico City International Airport and near also of Foro Sol in which sports and artistic events are also celebrated; it is operated by Grupo CIE. It hosted the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games for the competitions of Basketball and can be used to host volleyball and basketball matches; it was the home of the CBA Mexico City Aztecas in 1994 and 1995.

Another common use is to host big expositions and rock concerts. The seating capacity is approximately 22,000. The arena also seats 17,800 for arena football.

Metallica's Live Shit: Binge & Purge is recorded there.

Rage Against the Machine recorded their show there for their video The Battle of Mexico City.

Part of Paul McCartney's Back in the World is recorded there.

My Chemical Romance's new live DVD will include footage from their gig there.

Both Interpol and The Strokes had played there their largest concerts in their career to a sold out audience.

Cafe Tacuba's Un Viaje is the recording of their 15th anniversary concert played there to a sold out audience.

Zoé also played to a sold out audience, on the recording of their 10th anniversary concert and recording of their first live CD/DVD.

It is connected by the Line 9 of Mexico City Metro with the station Velodromo .

Contents 1 List of some Concerts 1.1 North American Artists 1.2 European Artists 1.3 Australian Artists 1.4 Caribbean Artists 1.5 South American Artists 1.6 African Artists 1.7 Host of Events 2 List of some Events

[edit] List of some Concerts

[edit] North American Artists

Canada

• Avril Lavigne
• Simple Plan
• Jason Faulkner (He opened the show for Travis)

Mexico

• Carlos Santana
• Caifanes
• Cafe Tacuba
• Gloria Trevi
• Jaguares
• Maná
• Moderatto
• Molotov (They opened the show for Greenday)
• Panda (band) (They opened the show for Blink 182)
• RBD (6 dates 2005, 2 dates 2007)
• Sussie 4 (They opened the show for Daft Punk)
• Zoé

USA

• Van Halen
• Bob Dylan
• ZZ Top
• Cher
• Pantera
• Joe Satriani
• Los Lobos (They opened the show for Bob Dylan)
• Bon Jovi
• Lenny Kravitz
• Blind Melon (They opened the show for Guns N' Roses)
• Aerosmith
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• MC Hammer
• Metallica
• The Strokes
• The White Stripes
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Kiss
• The Smashing Pumpkins
• 50 Cent
• Megadeth
• Marilyn Manson
• Sleater-Kinney (They opened the shows for Pearl Jam)
• Papa Roach
• Evanescence
• R.E.M.
• Pearl Jam
• Mudhoney (They opened the shows for Pearl Jam)
• Moby
• Green Day
• Good Charlotte
• Mötley Crüe
• Queensryche (They opened the show for Judas Priest)
• Black Eyed Peas
• Audioslave
• Rage Against the Machine
• Interpol
• The Greenhornes (They opened the show for The White Stripes)
• Blink 182
• New Found Glory (They opened the show for Greenday)
• Guns N' Roses
• Limp Bizkit
• The Offspring
• Nine Inch Nails
• Weezer
• The Killers
• The Dandy Warhols (They opened the show for The Strokes)
• Hilary Duff
• Gwen Stefani
• The Dresden Dolls (They opened the show for Nine Inch Nails)
• Fall Out Boy
• My Chemical Romance
• Marcos Witt
• Los Abandoned (They opened the show for Garbage)
• Danny Dove
• Billy Joel
• Collective Soul
• Kristeen Young (She opened the show for Morrissey)

[edit] European Artists

Italy

• Eros Ramazzotti

Spain

• Enrique Bunbury
• Dover (They opened the show for Oasis)
• Ska-P

Russia

• t.A.T.u.

Ireland

• U2

France

• Manu Chao
• Daft Punk

Sweden

• The Sounds (They opened the show for The Strokes)

Germany

• Scorpions
• Rammstein

Scotland

• Travis
• Garbage
• Annie Lennox (She opened the show for Sting)

England

• Sarah Brightman
• Paul McCartney
• Peter Gabriel
• Phil Collins
• Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
• Big Audio Dynamite (They opened the show for U2)
• Judas Priest
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Sting
• Placebo
• Oasis
• Gorillaz
• Def Leppard
• Paradise Lost (They opened the show for Ozzy Osbourne)
• The Cult
• The Sisters Of Mercy
• The Cure
• Bauhaus
• Queen
• Depeche Mode
• Morrissey
• Yes
• King Crimson
• The Prodigy
• Iron Maiden
• Coldplay
• Muse
• Rod Stewart

[edit] Australian Artists

• AC/DC
• INXS

[edit] Caribbean Artists

Cuba

• Gloria Estefan

[edit] South American Artists

Colombia

• Shakira

Argentina

• Soda Stereo
• Gustavo Cerati

Chile

• Los Tres
• Lucybell (They opened the show for Weezer)

[edit] African Artists

South Africa

• Seether (They opened the show for Evanescence)

[edit] Host of Events

Premios MTV Latinoamérica

• Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2006

• Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2007

[edit] List of some Events

• WWE SmackDown! Live Tour
• WWE RAW DX Reunion Tour
• WWE SmackDown! and ECW Road To WrestleMania 23 Tour
• WWE RAW presents The Biggest Party of the Summer
• WWE RAW presents Wrestlemania Revenge Tour

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