Monumental — Attraction in Barcelona

The Plaza Monumental de Barcelona, often known simply as La Monumental was a bullring in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last bullfighting arena in commercial operation in Catalonia. It was inaugurated in 1914 under the name Plaza de El Sport and was immediately expanded and renamed in 1916 with its current name. It is situated at the confluence of the Gran Via and Carrer Marina (Marina Street) in the Eixample district. It had a capacity of 19,582 within 26 rows of lines, boxes, and bleachers on the first floor inside and a superior barrage surrounding the building.

It was the last place in Catalonia where bullfights were held, since the Parliament of Catalonia passed a law banning bullfighting events on 28 July 2010 that came into force in 2012.

It is owned by the Balañá family, who placed it under the control of the Casa Matilla, an organisation which manages a number of bullrings. The plaza is currently used for sporting, musical and circus events,

The building originally had a noucentista architectural style, the work of Manuel Joaquim Raspall i Mayol.[2] The expansion work was done by Ignasi Mas i Morell and Domènec Sugrañes i Gras to give it its current facade, strongly influenced by Mudéjar and Byzantine architecture.[3] It is one of the larger public arenas in Barcelona, with a capacity of 19,582 for bullfights or about 25,000 for events such as rock concerts (using part of the ring for...

In the Navy, went there in 1966 to the bull fights. All afternoon there was bull fighting. Saw matadors face the bulls, some of them rode horses. What I remember from that day was the bulls. If they fought they were killed. If the bull didn't fight he embarrassed the matador, and was coaxed out of the arena by steers and as soon as the gate was close he was killed by multiple spear wounds, by men assigned to that task who stabbed down in the chute I had to have seen at least 20 contests that day and if that is a correct number then the final score was Matadors 20: Bulls 0. The four stars do not represent my opinion of bullfighting. It's just to say that I was there way back when. But even to the novice after about a half dozen contests it was clear the bulls never had a chance. Because I was part of a tour for the sailors I couldn't up and leave. So all afternoon, one after the other, one after the other...........and no...

If I could I'd give it zero. My friend and I walked 30 minutes because we really wanted to visit this. We got there at 5:30 pm and saw that tickets were available till 6:30 pm and it was open till 8 pm. But it looked closed, so we walked around but could not see anyone. After about 15 minutes we saw someone sitting inside the area where tickets were supposed to be sold. An old man sitting on his chair looking the other way. My friend asked if we could buy tickets and he shaked his head and made a cross sign with his arms. So my friend asked if it was closed and he, again, made a cross sign and said "go". We decided to wait and at 6:15 pm, he came outside, closed the gate and walked away even though it's supposed to be open till 8 pm, he probably didnt wanna sell any tickets after 6pm because that would mean he'd have to stay longer....