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On 28 December 1969 the fronton was closed for renovations supervised by Cosme de
Uriarte. The exterior appearance of the building was not changed, but door gate 9, which gave spectators direct access to the field, was replaced by a new door, and the window in the left wall was replaced. The
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Astelena is a short 41 meter-long fronton where hand-pelota and pala modalities are played. The field has a width of 11 m, and the wall a height of 9 m.
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On 1 March 2005 the fronton was again closed due to a disagreement among the owners (60% the Gaztañatorre family of Bilbao and 40% the
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It was inaugurated in 1904 and has been renovated on several occasions, most recently between 2006 and 2007, to meet current needs. The finals of the
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The fronton was inaugurated in 1904 on the Feast of St John, the patron saint of Eibar, with a game to 22 points between local players
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was established. On 20 November 1955 the 50th anniversary of the fronton was celebrated, despite both the day and year being wrong.
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In 1906 it was purchased by C. Aguirre, F. Bascaran, I. Irusta, M. Echeverría, M. Gómez, I. Vildósola, A. Eguiguren and B. Gárate.
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Since the fronton was the only public closed space in Eibar, most important events of the town were celebrated there, including
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by the municipality of Eibar and again closed for major renovations during 2006–2007, finally reopening on 20 May 2007.
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re-inauguration took place on 8 October 1972, in a game played between
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purchased the facilities, which were reopened with a game between
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and was used as a barracks and dining place until 1940, when the
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Sports venues in the Basque
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In 2004 a commemorative anniversary book was published.
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674:International Federation of Basque Pelota
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135:41m (Length); 11m (wide); 9m (height)
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377:1st Hand-Pelota singles championship
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226:1st Hand-Pelota singles championship
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96:43.1839000°N 2.4754611°W
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132:Field size
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402:Atano III
387:Champion
283:Civil War
273:festivals
263:matches,
254:Cantabria
218:, Spain.
169:Architect
161:Renovated
45:Full name
964:Jai alai
903:Beti Jai
730:Beotibar
720:Astelena
528:Retegi I
515:Azkarate
492:Azkarate
461:Soroa II
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425:Akarregi
407:Akarregi
354:Astelena
319:In 1998
314:Asegarce
303:Retegi I
212:Gipuzkoa
123:Capacity
62:Gipuzkoa
53:Location
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934:Fronton
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735:Bergara
592:Errasti
533:Tapia I
510:Atano X
358:Euskara
236:History
204:fronton
202:, is a
68:, Spain
832:Beloki
827:Ogueta
750:Ogueta
596:22-12
578:Score
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447:22-04
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411:22-16
393:Score
329:Elkoro
325:Goñi I
265:dances
261:boxing
250:Tacolo
153:Opened
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