The venue of the competition will be the "Palau Velódromo Luis Puig", one of the best facilities for indoor athletics in the world. Located northeast in the city, at the "Benimámet" area and close to the "Feria de Muestras", it was first inaugurated in the summer of 1992 on the occasion of the World Cycling Track Championships. Once that competition was over, the roof was installed and Their Majesties the King Juan Carlos and the Queen Sofia were present at the official opening ceremony on 9 November 1992. It was in 1994 that the third and last phase of improvements to the building took place and a 200m- ring track was laid down to host the Spanish Championships in February 1995. Three years later, the facility witnessed an unforgettable edition of the European Indoor Championships.



   The facility has hosted a large number of remarkable sports and cultural events throughout its 15 years of history. We should underline among them the quoted World Cycling and European Athletics in 1992 and 1998 respectively, the European Swimming Championships - a swimming pool was built for the occasion but it was demolished immediately after the event was over - European Cycling Track Championships in 2004, several editions of the Spanish Indoor Championships in Athletics as well as international permits and Spanish Cup by teams, Spanish Master Tennis tournament, Gymnastics national, Billiards International tournament, World Dancing, the 3rd and 4th Aerobic International Congresses, soloists and international bands concerts…in addition, the "Palau" is the headquarters of the autonomous region of Valencia Cycling Federation and the High Performance Cycling Track centre.

   With a view to the World Indoor Championships to be staged in 2008 the "Palau Velódromo Luis Puig" is currently undergoing improvements and expansion works to rise to such an important event. On 2 November 2006 the first change was presented, it consisted of the installation of a new roof which makes possible to enjoy of natural light and improves the thermal insulation. Lately, the renovation has included the adaptation of the rooms for competition needs as well as a new wiring and the building of new stands for authorities, medial and public which will increase the overall capacity to 6000 seats.

   The scheduled investment reaches 3.4 millions of € and also includes the joining together of sports facility and the close Valencia Fair so that its pavilion number 5 and the cycle track form a whole. The new building will comprise the track, the athletes' warm-up area as well as the media centre, the ticket office an other facilities. The whole renovation is scheduled to be over by October 2007.

PALAU VELÓDROMO LUIS PUIG FIGURES
   This are the technical characteristics of the Palau Velodrom Luis Puig, which will be increased in some aspects in the future after the refurbishments that nowadays are putting into practice::

• Overall area: 12,025.73 square metres
• Height: 37 metres
• Capacity: 4449 seats presently to be increased to 6000 in October 2007.
• Athletics track:
  • 200m ring
  • Material: chipboard of rubber with polyurethane
• Facilities:
  • 1 cycling track
  • 1 athletics 200m track
  • 1 warm-up area for athletics
  • 1 weightlifting area
  • 1 maintenance gymnastic area