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It was inaugurated on February 24, 1958 to replace the old Sports Palace. It has a capacity for around 17 thousand people. World boxing, fencing, weightlifting championships and other sporting events have been held In the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum, as well as cultural shows and political events. It is located on Vía Blanca and Avenida de Rancho Boyeros. At present, the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation, INDER, is based there.

 

It is an organization whose main objective is to represent the Cuban sports movement before the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It controls the participation of Cuban sport in official events, such as the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Central American and Caribbean Games.Among its objectives are to promote and maintain the people’s interests in practicing sports and in sporting events.