The whitest party: Sensation Barcelona

After a spectacular world premiere with an audience of 40,000 in Amsterdam in July, the new edition is going to fill the Palau Sant Jordi with people dressed in white and ready to dance to this new festival concept.

On the 8th of October 2011, Sensation will make its return to Barcelona. The venue, Palau Sant Jordi, will be transformed into Innerspace, making it the second city to host Sensation’s latest theme after the premiere in the Amsterdam Arena.

Sensation started in Amsterdam in the year 2000. Since then, over 1,5 million visitors in seventeen countries have experienced what is arguably the world’s most spectacular dance and music phenomenon. Each year, Sensation tours the globe with a completely new show. Consistently taking the acclaimed theme ‘be part of the night, dress in white’ to new heights, Sensation’s aim is to bring a positive message to a growing global audience.

Barcelona will be dressing up in white with Sensation Innerspace, a new, exclusive event dedicated to dance music. Wally López, Sharam, Fedde Le Grand and Mr White are just some of the artists who will be bringing Barcelona the very best in electronic music at the moment. Máxima FM, the media partner for Sensation Barcelona, will broadcast the event.

Allocation near Palau Sant Jordi can be found at B-Hotel and Hotel Barcelona Universal.

Beautiful room, clean and have everything you need

We had a great stay in Hotel Barcelona Universal for five nights from 14 till 19 September. We stayed there during our Herbalife Extravaganza, because it looks good on the website and it was central to Palau Saint Jordi, where the convention was.
It was better than expected. Friendly staff who appoliziged that we had no rooms together (3 families). Beautiful room, clean and have everything you need.
There was a wide choice at breakfast. The nice swimming pool on the roof gives us a nice view over the city and a pleasant relaxing bath.
This hotel will be our standard whan we visit Barcelona. Till next year!

Monique and Maarten, Sept 2011.

Barcelona hosts the Big Air during the World Snowboard Championship La Molina 2011

Barcelona is a joint venue for the 2011 World Snowboard Championships, which are being held in La Molina. On 15 January the opening ceremony and first event, the Big Air, will take place here. It is one of six events people will be able to watch at the championships and consists of snowboarders showing off their skills while leaping between 2.5 and 3.5 metres in the air and completing several rotations.

The Palau Sant Jordi has set up a 31-metre high ramp in preparation for the event, which is expected to draw crowds of 8000 people.

This year there are 400 snowboarders from 40 countries taking part in the World Snowboard Championships, between 14 and 22 January. There are six competitions, including Snowboard Cross, Half Pipe, Parallel Giant Slalom, Parallel Slalom and Big Air, all Olympic sports, and Slopestyle, which is not yet an Olympic sport.

The big favourites are Canadian Maelle Ricker, Austrians Benjamin Karl, Stefan Gimpl and Doris Guenther, Frenchman Paul Vaultier, Catalan Queralt Castellet (back in good shape after pulling out of the final in Vancouver earlier this year following a fall) and the Vergés brothers, among others.

More info in La Molina 2011 – Snowboard FIS World Championships

SpongeBob, the musical in Barcelona

Have you every dreamt of seeing SpongeBob, alongside his friends Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, Eugene Krabs and Squidward Tentacles, close-up? Well, now your dream’s come true, because they’re all coming over to the Palau Sant Jordi in a musical that will delight children.

SpongeBob SquarePants is an extremely energetic and optimistic sea sponge (although his appearance more closely resembles a kitchen sponge) who lives in a pineapple under the sea with his pet snail Gary, who meows like a cat. Although Gary only actually speaks in a few episodes, (mainly in “Sleepy Time” in Spongebob’s dream world, where Gary is portrayed as a librarian with an English accent) the characters have shown an ability to understand him. Living two houses down from SpongeBob is his best friend Patrick Star, a dim-witted yet friendly pink seastar who lives under a rock. Living between the two is Squidward Tentacles, an arrogant and egotistical octopus[2] who lives in an Easter Island moai and dislikes his neighbors (especially SpongeBob) for their child-like behavior. He enjoys playing the clarinet and painting self-portraits.

A creative team headed by Flipy were commissioned to bring this show, where children can interact with their favourite characters, to Barcelona. The show is based on a television episode called The Lost Episode: The Sponge Who Could Fly.

Place:  Palau Sant Jordi -> Pg Olímpic, 5
Date:  02/01/2011 & 03/01/2011

World Snowboard Championships

Barcelona is a joint venue for the 2011 World Snowboard Championships, which are being held in La Molina. On 15 January the opening ceremony and first event, the Big Air, will take place here. It is one of six events people will be able to watch at the championships and consists of snowboarders showing off their skills while leaping between 2.5 and 3.5 metres in the air and completing several rotations.

Palau Sant Jordi will be the setting for Big Air, the first event in the La Molina World Snowboard Championships, on 15 January, 2011. The championships are taking place between 14 and 22 January, with 400 participants from 40 countries.

B-Hotel, located in Plaza Espanya and with direct access to Palau Sant Jordi by using the scalators system in Montjuïc, is offering interesting Winter Promotions. Also on the slopes of Montjuïc, Hotel Paral·lel and Hotel Barcelona Universal welcome guests who want to discover Barcelona and enjoy a winter by the Mediterranean Sea.

Barcelona 2013: World Aquatic Championships

Barcelona will host the World Aquatic Championships in 2013, after being chosen unanimously by the members of the FINA at its meeting in Punta del Este (Uruguay).

World Aquatic Championships will return to the Catalan capital after 10 years, as Barcelona already organized World Championships in 2003, which is considered one of the best editions. This fact has undoubtedly been a key in the re-election of Barcelona, following the withdrawal of alleged economic problems in Dubai.

The other candidate cities were Hamburg, Moscow, Sydney and Seoul. Although no official confirmation yet, probably will be Palau Sant Jordi were most of the events will be host, building an Olympic swimming pool inside as was done in 2003; and Picornell swimming pools, CN Barceloneta and Port of Barcelona will host synchronized swimming & jumping, waterpolo and open-water swimming, respectively.

Barcelona becomes once again the World Capital of Sport, following the steps initiated in 1992 with the organization of the XXV Olympic Games.

2011 Euroleague Final Four in Barcelona

Euroleague Basketball is pleased to announce Barcelona as the host city for the 2011 Euroleague Final Four. With conversations between Euroleague and the Municipality of Barcelona for a future Final Four being at an advanced stage, both parties are confident that the city is ideal to host the final of the top European club competition on the weekend of May 6-8 at the Palau Sant Jordi.

It will be the third time that Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi will host the Euroleague Final Four. In 1998, Kinder Bologna lifted its first Euroleague trophy by downing AEK Athens 58-44 in the title game behind 14 points from Antoine Rigaudeau. In 2003, FC Barcelona seized the Euroleague crown at home with a 76-65 victory over Benetton Treviso. Barcelona also hosted the 1969 European Cup final.

..:: Euroleague Barcelona ::..

Walking with dinosaurs in Barcelona

Dinosaurs come back to life near B-Hotel and Hotel Barcelona Universal.

65 million years later, and the dinosaurs are back. The show “Walking with Dinosaurs” re-creates the era these creatures lived in.

More specifically, following the guidance of scientists, fifteen life-sized dinosaurs capable of moving and roaring have been built, including the terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex. The staging at Palau Sant Jordi offers its audience a chance to take part in these pre-historic reptiles’ struggle for survival.

It’s a dazzling arena spectacle of unprecedented size and quality set to captivate young and old alike. Marvel at the story of their 200 million year domination of life on earth. Watch them walk. Hear the roar. Be there as they fight for survival and supremacy. From the ripple of their skin to the glint in their eye, you will know the dinosaurs really have returned! So make sure you have your seat to see the return of the dinosaurs!

Where: Palau Sant Jordi
When: Until May 9th, 2010
More info: Walking with Dinosaurs

LA Lakers in Barcelona. Pau Gasol comes back home

Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks from NBA, and Regal FC Barcelona and AJ Milano from Euroleague Basketball, will play a series of preseason games this October as part of NBA Europe Live. Barcelona, London, Milan, and Paris will host the games.

On October 7th, Los Angeles Lakers will play Regal FC Barcelona at the Palau Sant Jordi. The match is included in the NBA Europe Live tour and brings Pau Gasol back to the city. The match will be presented on 22 April by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who is coming over to Barcelona.

“I started with FC Barcelona when I was 16 and I still have many fond memories of my days playing for them. The match will be particularly special for me as I’ll be able to show my team-mates what a beautiful city Barcelona is” Gasol remarked in comments published by the organisers.

You can find more information at FC Barcelona website.

Aerosmith Tour 2010 in Barcelona

Aerosmith

- the biggest, most enduring and thrilling band in rock history will make a spectacular return to the UK and Europe this summer with the COCKED, LOCKED, READY TO ROCK TOUR! spawning what will be the ultimate music event of the new decade.

Aerosmith are one of the great American rock bands of all time. Steve Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer Aerosmith formed nearly four decades and throughout his career have sold over 150 million albums worldwide. The so-called “bad boys of Boston” have a lot of number ones and a multitude of records.

Barcelona and in particular the Palau Sant Jordi is the venue chosen by Aerosmith for what is undoubtedly one of the most important events of the year with the rock life. They visit us in its 40th anniversary with a single action which will give a full review of his vast career.

Palau Sant Jordi -> Passeig Olímpic, 5-7 Barcelona
Date: 27/06/2010 -  Time: 20.45h

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