Football stadium in San Juan, Argentina
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario is a football stadium located in the Pocito Department of San Juan Province, Argentina. Owned by the Government of San Juan Province, it currently hosts the home matches of local clubs San Martín, Sportivo Desamparados, and others. The stadium also served as venue for the 2011 Copa América. Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario was designed with a capacity of 25,000 spectators[3] and required an investment of AR$86 million.[2]
Apart from football matches, the stadium has also hosted rugby union and field hockey matches.[1]
History
Works started in March 2009, with a total of 500 workers employed.[4] Works extended for 24 months.[1] The stadium was supposed to be inaugurated in May, 2010, to commemorate the 200 years of the May Revolution. Delays, however, have meant that the stadium was inaugurated on March 16, 2011, with the Argentina vs Venezuela friendly match which Argentina won by a score of 4–1, in front of an attendance of 30,000. That year, the stadium hosted group stage and quarter-final matches in the 2011 Copa América.
In March 2013, an additional field was also inaugurated at a cost of AR$ 9 million. The field has similar measures (105 x 68 m) and six lighting towers which allow it to host matches at night.[1]
In 2012, Estadio del Bicentenario hosted the first final of the relaunched Copa Argentina, where Boca Juniors beat Racing 21.[5] One year later, the stadium was one of the two venues of the 2013 South American Youth Championship and hosted Group B in the first stage.
In 2018, it again hosted the Argentina national team, this time for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) match against Colombia, which Argentina won 3–0.
In 2023, the stadium is expected to host matches of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Sporting events
2011 Copa América
2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA World Cup qualification
Rugby union
References
See also
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