The Antwerps Sportpaleis, also called Sportpaleis Antwerpen, Sportpaleis Merksem or simply the Sportpaleis, is an arena in Antwerp, Belgium. It is a multipurpose hall used for organizing concerts, sporting events, festivals, and fairs. The arena was built for sport, especially track cycling, but there is now little sport there, an exception being the Diamond Games tennis.
Sportpaleis
Sportpaleis in June 2007
Constant ("Stan") Ockers was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.
Stan Ockers at the 1951 Tour de France
Ockers and family at the start of the 1954 Tour de France
Image: Côte des Forges monument Stan Ockers 5
Image: Stan Ockers Borgerhout 2