The area between the seafront, Sant Adrià de Besòs and the Besòs river was previously made up of slums and poor areas surrounding the neighbourhoods of La Mina, El Maresme and Poblenou.
Notable buildings of Poblenou include the Torre Agbar (Jean Nouvel), Herzog & de Meuron's Forum Building (which houses Europe's largest scale model of a city), and the ME Barcelona Hotel (former Habitat Sky Hotel) (Dominique Perrault).
The Torre Mapfre is located in this neighborhood, while the Hotel Arts, the Casino Barcelona and the "Peix d'Or" (goldfish), a large metal sculpture designed by Frank Gehry, are located at one edge of the Barceloneta neighborhood, close to the border with the Vila Olímpica del Poblenou.
On 28 February 2009, the third semi-final and the final were held jointly at the Casino l'Aliança del Poblenou theatre in Barcelona, although the final was planned to take place on 7 March 2009.
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The three semi-finals were held at the Casino l'Aliança del Poblenou theatre in Barcelona on 14, 21, and 28 February, leading up to the final on 28 February 2009, the same night as the third semi-final.
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30 of these qualified for the shows (three semi-finals and a final) that were broadcast live by TVE from the Casino l'Aliança del Poblenou theatre in Barcelona.
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Auditions before TVE's jury to choose the 10 last qualifiers to the semi-finals were held at the Casino l'Aliança del Poblenou in Barcelona on 31 January 2009.