It was known as the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium (올림픽펜싱경기장; 올림픽펜싱競技場) or Olympic Gymnasium No. 2 prior to 2011. The arena hosted the fencing and fencing part of the modern pentathlon events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 2011 it was remodelled for handball games at a cost of ₩43.4 billion, specialized with handball only courts. It was renamed as such to host the SK Handball Korea League.[2]
Notable events
Besides holding fencing at the 1988 Olympics, the arena also hosts concerts by Korean as well as international artists.
^Kim, Lynn (December 8, 2009). "Super Junior to release live album this week". Asiae. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
^"Event Calendar: October 2009" Korea Herald. October 2, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2012
^Park, Kun-ouc (March 2, 2010). "Girls' Generation's Asia tour encore show a success". 10 Asia. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
^Kun-ouc, Park (February 4, 2010). "Girls' Generation scores triple win at Seoul Music Awards". 10 Asia. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
^"2010.3.31 Ticket". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 31, 2010. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^Hong, Grace Danbi (October 19, 2012). "B1A4 Sells Out First Concert Tickets in Five Minutes". enewsworld mnet. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
^Ho, Stewart (October 17, 2012). "CN Blue to Hold its Fourth Seoul Concert in December". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^Ho, Stewart (November 17, 2012). "CN Blue Sells Out Tickets to Seoul Concert in 10 Minutes". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^"방탄소년단, 작정하고 섹시한 '밀당'..'화양연화' 4500팬 환호[종합]". OSEN [ko]. November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^"Seventeen announces encore concert". entertain.naver.com. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^"IU Opens Up About What Her Previous Album "Chat-Shire" Means To Her". Soompi. December 5, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^"트와이스 측 "데뷔 1년 4개월만 첫 단독콘서트" 깜짝발표" (in Korean). entertain.naver.com. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^"젝스키스, 15일 20주년 팬미팅 'YELLOWKIES DAY'" (in Korean). STARNEWS. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^"[공식] 샤이니 종현, 12월 솔로 콘서트 개최…15일 예매 오픈" (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
^"박지훈, 배우 변신 완벽 성공… 8주 연속 화제성 1위 쾌거". Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
^Seon, Mi-kyung (May 27, 2023). 뉴진스, 7월 팬미팅 초고속 전석 매진..티켓 파워도 막강 [New Jeans, sold out all tickets for fan meeting in July.. Ticket power is also strong]. OSEN [ko] (in Korean). Retrieved June 1, 2022 – via Naver.
^Han, Hae-sun (July 11, 2023). ""쿨+엣지" ITZY, 새 앨범 'KILL MY DOUBT' 콘셉트 클립+포토 공개" ["Cool + Edge" ITZY, new album 'KILL MY DOUBT' concept clip + photo released]. starnews.lr (in Korean). Retrieved July 23, 2023 – via Naver.