Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona

Name: Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona
Address: Gran Via De Les Corts Catalanes Plaça D'Espanya, Barcelona Catalonia, Barcelona, ES
Telephone: +34 932 89 02 44

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About

Arenas de Barcelona is a shopping and entertainment centre in Barcelona, on the north side of Plaça d’Espanya, inside a former bullring.

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Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona — The brick facade and rooftop ring viewed across a green lawn

Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona — The illuminated Arenas facade and rooftop ring at night

Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona — The full brick facade and rooftop ring beside the observation tower

Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona — The Arenas building seen across the palm-lined plaza

Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona — A close view of the brick facade and rooftop ring

Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona — The rooftop observation tower rising above the Arenas facade

Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona — A striped brick arch and window detail on the facade

Opening hours

Today09:00 – 21:00Show all

Monday09:00 – 21:00

Tuesday09:00 – 21:00

Wednesday09:00 – 21:00

Thursday09:00 – 21:00

Friday09:00 – 21:00

Saturday09:00 – 21:00

SundayClosed

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Why go

A rooftop walkway circles the building with 360-degree views of Barcelona.
A 27-metre-high dome crowns the converted bullring.
The brick exterior contains 2,827,600 terracotta bricks.
Bob Marley and The Wailers performed here in 1980.

What's inside

100 stores across six floors.
A multiplex cinema with twelve screens.

History

Josep Marsans, founder of Banca Marsans and Viajes Marsans, initiated the bullring project because Barcelona’s growing population and interest in bullfighting had outgrown the older Barceloneta arena.

1900The bullring opened on 29 June in Neo-Mudéjar style, designed by Augusto Font Carreras. Its first event featured eight bulls.
1927Pedro Balañá acquired the building and had it remodeled as a bullring.
Spanish Civil WarThe building served as a barracks for the Republican army.
1946 and 1950The venue hosted the Copa del Generalísimo basketball final.
1977The last bullfight took place at the venue.

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2001–2011Richard Rogers’s agency RSHP began adapting the building in 2001. Alonso y Balaguer and Richard Rogers designed the remodeling, and the shopping centre opened on 24 March 2011.

How to get there

TrainThe ground floor connects directly to Espanya station, served by metro lines L1, L3 and L8 and FGC.

Sources: Plaza de toros de las Arenas - Wikipedia · Plaza de toros de las Arenas - Wikipedia · Las Arenas - Wikipedia · checked 10 Oct 2026

Where

Gran Via De Les Corts Catalanes Plaça D'Espanya, Barcelona Catalonia

Website: arenasdebarcelona.com/
Phone: +34 932 89 02 44

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Questions and answers

What are Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona’s opening hours?

Monday to Saturday, 09:00–21:00; Sunday, 12:00–20:00.

Did the bullring have a cycling track?

From 1949, it temporarily housed a removable wooden velodrome with a 150-metre track.

What other events took place at Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona?

After the Civil War, it regularly hosted boxing and other sports, circus shows and festivals.

Was Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona ever threatened with demolition?

In 1988, Barcelona’s fair proposed demolishing the bullring for a pavilion, but the pavilion was never built.

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