Sportpaleis - Ahoy Rotterdam

The 2010 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships for men and women will be held at one of Rotterdam’s premier venues, Ahoy Rotterdam. Centrally located in the most densely populated part of the country, the Ahoy arena and adjacent buildings are the top indoor venue in Rotterdam and surroundings, which has hosted innumerable sporting events, pop and rock concerts, shows, fairs and other large events. All facilities required at major sporting events like the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships are readily available, making Ahoy the venue of choice for a top event like this.

In 2010 part of Ahoy will be renovated. It will be overhauled and expanded to create a maximum seating capacity of some 8,238 on the first and second rings of the main arena. Prior to the Gymnastics World Championships, six training gyms (including a warm-up gym) will be realised in a large hall adjacent to the arena. Other halls (likewise adjacent to the arena) will host the press centre, a restaurant for spectators, another restaurant for competitors, coaches, judges and members of the press, and a special Gym Plaza that will serve as the Federation’s exercise square.

Download the Ahoy complex’ floor plan for the 2010 Worlds!

source: LOC

Address:

Ahoy Rotterdam
Sportpaleis, Ahoyweg 10
3084 BA Rotterdam

Tel: +31 10 293 33 00
Website : http://www.ahoy.nl

Seating Capacity: 6’000 seats / Floor Area: 4’000 square meters
The Competition area will be 66 meters long, 38 meters wide and 23 meters high.

Warm-up Halls

Address :

Ahoy Hal 1

The Warm-up Hall will be linked to the Competition Hall by a passage designated for the participants.

The apparatus will be identical to those in the Competition Hall with one set of apparatus plus additional PH and PB for Men and one set of apparatus plus additional UB and BB for Women. An additional general warm-up area will be provided in each MAG and WAG Warm Up Hall.

Please see Appendix 2 for the plan of the General area.

Training Halls

Address :

Ahoy Hal 1

MAG: equipped with 2 sets of apparatus plus additional PH and PB with each set
WAG: equipped with 2 sets of apparatus plus additional UB and BB with each set

An additional general warm-up area will be provided in each MAG and WAG Training Hall

Find the layout and details on the venue in the workplan!