The arena was inaugurated on September 17, 1991 with an
exhibition game between Joventut and Greek club
Aris Thessaloniki. In 1992, it hosted a basketball game between
Catalonia and
Croatia; the Croatians won by 118-82 led with 30 points of
Toni Kukoč and 21 points of
Dražen Petrović. The arena hosted the
basketball tournament of the
1992 Summer Olympics, the
1992 Olympic Basketball Tournament. It was designed by the architects
Esteve Bonell and
Francesc Rius, who won the 1992
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture for this building. On 14 March 2025, the arena hosted an episode of
WWE SmackDown, marking the first
SmackDown episode to broadcast from Spain. In January 2026, the arena was selected to host the
2026 Basketball Champions League Final Four. ==Transportation==