Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
El Coloso de la Zona 5 "The Colossus of Zone 5" | |
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| Full name | Estadio Nacional Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
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| Former names | Estadio Olímpico de la Revolución (1950–1959) Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores (1959–2016) |
| Location | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Operator | CDAG |
| Capacity | 26,116 |
| Record attendance | 82,000 (1950 Central American and Caribbean Games - Guatemala vs Mexico, 10 March 1950) |
| Field size | 105 m × 71 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1948 |
| Opened | August 18, 1950 |
| Construction cost | Q 1.500.000 |
| Architect | Juan de Dios Aguilar |
| Tenants | |
| Guatemala national football team (1950–present) Comunicaciones F.C. C.S.D. Municipal (1950–1991, 2005) | |
The Estadio Nacional Doroteo Guamuch Flores is a multi-use
Used mostly for
One of the worst disasters ever to occur in a sports venue took place at the stadium in 1996, when 83 people were killed because of a
General description
The grass field of the Doroteo Guamuch Flores is surrounded by an eight-lane
History
The stadium was built in 1948, as part of the project to build a group of sports facilities known as Ciudad Olímpica, in the Zone 5 of the Guatemalan Capital. Originally named Estadio Olímpico – erroneously, since it has never hosted an
After Doroteo Guamuch's triumph in the
On 18 January 1959 the stadium hosted a friendly football match between
In 1973 the stadium hosted the first Central American Games (Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos), and has since been the venue for other two editions, in 1986 and 2001.
In July 1996, the sand track was upgraded to a tartan track, and the first time the new surface was used, local athlete Berner Rodas set a new national record at the 1500 metres event.[2]
Throughout the years, the stadium has also been the usual finishing point of the annual Vuelta a Guatemala, Central America's largest single road cycling competition.
Numerous concerts have been hosted at the stadium, notably heavy metal band Metallica's performance in 2010.
The October 16 disaster
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Aniversario del vetusto estadio Mateo Flores"[permanent dead link]
- ^ Congress of Guatemala. "Estadio Nacional ahora se llama Doroteo Guamuch Flores" Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ Source: "Archived copy" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.carreteranews.com/ediciones_pdf/edicion63.pdf[permanent dead link]
Further reading
- Espinosa, Javier. "La avalancha de la muerte" (in Spanish). www.elmundo.es, El Mundo (Spain). Retrieved 2006-11-25. – Chronicle of the October 1996 tragedy
- Roldán, Ingrid. "Una ciudad para los deportes". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2006-11-25. – beginnings of the stadium and the Ciudad Olímpica.
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