Estadio Monumental David Arellano
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Full name | Estadio Monumental[1] |
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Location | Macul, Santiago, Chile |
Coordinates | 33°30′23.8″S 70°36′21.4″W / 33.506611°S 70.605944°W |
Owner | Colo-Colo |
Operator | Colo-Colo |
Capacity | 47,347[2] 43,595 (international)[3] |
Field size | 105 x 72 m |
Construction | |
Built | 1956 |
Opened | 1975 / 1989 |
Architect | Mario Recordón |
Project manager | Antonio labán |
Tenants | |
Colo-Colo (1975–1976, 1989–present) Chile national football team (selected matches) |
The Estadio Monumental is a football Stadium in Macul, south-east of the centre of the Chilean capital Santiago. It serves as the home ground of Colo-Colo, and on occasions also for other clubs and the national football team. The stadium has a current spectator capacity of 47,347.[4] The actual playing field is named after David Arellano, the founder of Colo-Colo; therefore, on occasions the whole stadium is referred to as Estadio Monumental David Arellano.
Use by Colo-Colo
The stadium was first opened in 1975 with a double-header in front of 25,599 people. In the first match
Completed in its current form in 1989, it was reopened in September of that year with a match between Colo-Colo and
Accidents, including a fatality in 1993, instigated various modernisations which led to a reduction of the capacity to the current 47,000 spectators. In the 2016-17 season, Colo-Colo drew an average home league attendance of 21,509 for the Apertura and 23,229 for the Clausura.[5]
International matches
The stadium is also rented out to club Santiago Morning and other Chilean teams that require holding games on the international tournament scale.
As well as hosting club teams, Estadio Monumental has held seven games of the
2015 Copa América
Date | Time (GMT−3) | Team #1 | Res. | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
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June 17, 2015 | 21:00 | ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Group C | 44,008 |
June 21, 2015 | 18:30 | ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Group C | 33,284 |
Concerts
The American rock band Pearl Jam played at the stadium on November 16, 2011, as part of their 20th anniversary tour.[7] The hard rock band Guns N' Roses performed at the stadium during their Not In This Lifetime...Tour on September 29, 2017 with The Who.[8]
Owner
Its principal tenant and owner is the corporate entity Blanco y Negro that runs Colo-Colo and for which Chilean
References
- ^ "Mapa del estadio". colocolo.cl. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Copa América 2015". conmebol.com.
- ^ Anuario Conmebol Sudamericana 2022. CONMEBOL. 3 April 2023. p. 56. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ Estadio Monumental Archived 2012-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Colo-Colo (Official Club Website, reviewed 4 January 2012)
- ^ "Primera División 2016/2017 Clausura - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Member Association - Chile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Announces 2011 South and Central American Tour". pearljam.com. 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ^ Blabbermouth (2017-05-07). "GUNS N' ROSES And THE WHO To Join Forces For Buenos Aires Concert". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2020-05-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sebastián Piñera invirtió en Colo Colo en su afán por "modernizar el fútbol chileno"" (in Spanish). cooperativa.cl. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
External links
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- Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago Stadium pictures on Fussballtempel.net