He Sun Forum changed its name after more than 30 years of history and now, after its remodeling, it will be the GNP Insurance Stadium. José de Arimatea Moyao, the architect in charge of the project since its walls were erected in 1993, was once again at the head of the project.
“Today, the GNP Insurance Stadium It is the most important in the world,” he said. Moyao and explained that unlike all the others that exist, this is “the only one designed specifically for what it is: concerts.”
“That is to say, it does not have any header like the classic stadiums that are adapted for football. Here from the beginning, which was the first concert of Madonna In December 1993, we built a stadium with tubes thinking of this type of shows, which today is the home of Formula 1, which makes us feel very proud“, the architect highlighted about this multifunctional place.
The improvements are more on the inside, while tarps were placed on the outside to protect from the rain: “This will allow the spectators at the highest part to have shade; in addition, to go to the toilet today there is only a three-and-a-half-metre descent, where there are also terraces,” he explained.
In this sense, the bathrooms were renovated and increased in number, so that the long lines.
One of the major bets of this renovation is sustainability, so, “a cistern was built that is especially to store rainwater and this is intended to be used in the WC with four-litre flushes; even the urinals are dry,” he continued.
In this completely new version of what was known as Foro Sol, seats and armchairs are included in the stands.
“All seats will be assigned from now on, some in gold and silver were included for those areas, and others with the colors of GNP, but it was decided that in general, those in the stands would be grey so that the colour that the public puts on each of the different concerts would stand out,” he said, which will combine excellently with the television screens. LED that was added to around the bleacher area.
With the first concert of Bruno Mars It is formally inaugurated, although the day before there were still details to be finished, so the architect said that “it is fully operational”, although its elevators are still missing for access by people with disabilities.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
- The GNP Seguros Stadium has a capacity for up to 65 thousand attendees.
- The roof, which protects from the sun and rain while capturing river water, has a length of 13,800 square meters.
- 280 screens were added to provide information and to be able to view the events along the internal corridors
- This remodeling took 177 days until the end of the work.
- And it had supplies from China, Holland, Colombia, the United States, France and Mexico.
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2024-08-12 21:57:55