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Technical information

• Start of construction: 20 January 1999.
• Official opening: 21 January 2000.
• Multifunctional sports facilities.
• Flexible accommodation for big international championships or events as well as regional events.
• Surface: 120 m x ± 85 m, 20 m high.
• A permanent athletics track with six 200-meter lanes and eight 60-meter lanes.
• Mondo top layer on concrete subsoil. 290-meter warming-up track , consisting of a polyurethane top layer and separated from the competition field.
• Lighting: 1,200 lux.
• 3,539 permanent spectator seats, extendable to more than 5,000 seats.

Building

Dimensions

120m x 85m x 20m high

The building has 4 floors:

:: Basement

• Technical spaces for heating, water, gas, telephone, ...
• Several provisions on the centerfield for electricity, water, telephone and data communication
• Provisions for television, data communication, ... from the centerfield to outdoors

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:: Ground floor

• Entrance, cloakroom and emergency exits
• Competition secretariat, first-aid room and rooms for doping tests and medical control
• Competition area: see III
• Warming-up track
• Fitness room
• Toilets
• The Flanders Sports Arena is connected with the previously built Bloso sports hall (50m x 33m x 9m high), which has 11 changing rooms, 2 saunas (max. 10 persons/sauna), extra rooms for press, judges, ...

- Detailed floor plan ground floor -

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:: First floor (4m above the ground floor)

• Entrance to 3,539 permanent seats
• Connection with the previously built Bloso sports hall
• Command post for security services
• Several meeting rooms
• Toilets
• Emergency exits

- Detailed floor plan first floor -

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:: Second floor (7m above the ground floor)

• Control room: central operation of lighting on centerfield and tracks, sound installation, scoreboard and photo finish
• Press block for 59 persons (50 x 4 = 200m²). Each box has two power points and one telephone line
• Cafeteria for 150 persons with the necessary furniture and a bar. Wall plugs for freezers and refrigerators. Connection with the cafeteria in the Bloso sports hall
• Sanitary facilities with special toilets for disabled persons
• Scoreboard: LED scoreboard measuring 7.65 m. x 4.70 m, with 10 lines of 40 characters each

- Detailed floor plan second floor -

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:: Third floor (10.5m above the ground floor)

• VIP room of 350 m² with the necessary furniture and a bar
• 1 room for meetings, receptions, ...
• 1 storage room
• Sanitary facilities with special toilets for disabled persons
• Passenger lift
• Emergency exits

- Detailed floor plan third floor -

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Competition area

The competition area consists of:

• A 200-meter track (6 lanes) with curved edges A centerfield for 60 meters sprints (8 lanes) and 60 meters hurdles
• Provisions for high jump, shot put, long jump, triple jump and pole vault

Open flat area of 47m x 47m (2,150 m²), extendable to 3,000 m². The centerfield can be adjusted to accommodate several indoor sports (handball - tennis - volleyball - basketball - gymnastics)

Additional seats can be placed around the centerfield to ensure a better player-public contact and add to the ambiance.

- Detailed floor plan competition area -

Rates

Rates on request from Bruno De Wannemaeker: bruno.de_wannemaeker@bloso.be

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