⇨ Antel Arena: a step towards the future

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1 Antel Arena history
2 Surroundings of Antel Arena and Barrio de la Innovacción
3 Inauguration of the Antel Arena

Antel Arena history

On April 2, 2013, the Antel Arena project was launched during the diligence of Carolina Cosse in charge of Antel, conceived as a multifunctional stadium with high technology and constructive equipment, capable of adapting to sporting, artistic and cultural events.

The initiative arose after an agreement with the Municipality of Montevideo, which became official on April 23, 2013, by which the IMM ceded ownership of the old Cylinder for a period of 30 years. A few days later, the cleaning of the property began to prepare it to wait for future interventions.

On June 20, 2013, the bases of the ideas competition for its construction were launched, which was a great call for national architecture studios. A total of 73 projects were submitted.

The jury that analyzed the proposals was made up of Arch. Gustavo Scheps (Uruguayan Society of Architects), Arch. Juan Pedro Urruzola (IM), Arch. Angela Perdomo (representing the contestants) and the architects proposed by Antel, Rafael Viñoly and Giancarlo Mazzanti, with the advice of Thomas Sprechmann, Marcelo Danza and Carlos Arcos.

On August 16, 2013, the five winners of the contest were announced, who on October 29 of the same year had to present the advanced projects. In this stage the architects Scheps, Perdomo and Viñoly continued at court, joining the architect Mariano Spider for the capital and the engineer Carlos Soubié.

Finalmente, el 12 de noviembre, 2013, se anunció el proyecto ganador. Sus autores fueron Pablo Bacchetta, José Flores y Rodrigo Carámbula; el equipo se completó con Martín Lafourcade, Victoria Ponce de León, Nicolás Días, Emiliano Dutra, Paola Accinelli, Diana Aguiar, Agustín André, Gonzalo Parma, Nicolás Newton, Pablo Abenia y Martín Larroza.

Finally, on November 12, 2013, the winning project was announced. Its authors were Pablo Bacchetta, José Flores and Rodrigo Carámbula; The team was completed with Martín Lafourcade, Victoria Ponce de León, Nicolás Días, Emiliano Dutra, Paola Accinelli, Diana Aguiar, Agustín André, Gonzalo Parma, Nicolás Newton, Pablo Abenia and Martín Larroza.

Antique-Cylinder — Implosion of the Old Municipal Cylinder of Montevideo

On May 12, 2014 at 3:58 p.m., one of the fundamental milestones of this process took place with the implosion of the remains of the Urban Cylinder, which allowed the start of the works until its completion today.

Throughout the process, Antel opted for national capacities to carry out a select project.

Surroundings of Antel Arena and Barrio de la Innovacción

When building the Antel Arena, the environment, the surrounding neighborhoods and the community in the so-called Innovation Neighborhood have always been taken into account. Parallel to the development of the project, various social interventions were carried out to interact with neighbors and promote coexistence and inclusion.

A few days after the announcement of the project, the Antel Arena Cup was held on the occasion of the brand new lighting of the children’s soccer field of the Club Deportivo Oriental, and in October the new field was finally presented.

A public park, basketball and beach soccer courts and a nursery were also inaugurated, as well as an Antel store to bring the company’s services to the neighborhood.