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Estadio Nacional de Chile

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
El Nacional, El Coloso de Ñuñoa
Estadio Nacional de Chile - vista desde Av. Grecia.jpg
Former names Estadio Nacional
Location Av. Grecia 2001, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
Coordinates 33°27′52″S 70°36′38″W / 33.46444°S 70.61056°W / -33.46444; -70.61056
Owner Municipality of Ñuñoa
Operator Chiledeportes
Capacity 48,665 (60.000+ in concerts)
Record attendance 85,268 (Universidad de Chile-Universidad Católica, 29 December 1962)
Field size 105 m x 68 m
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground February 1937
Opened December 3, 1938
Renovated 2009-10
Expanded 1962
Reopened 12 September 2010
Construction cost $18,000,000
Architect Karl Brunner
Tenants
Chile national football team
Universidad de Chile

The Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos is the national stadium of Chile, and is located in the Ñuñoa district of Santiago. It is the largest stadium in Chile with an official capacity of 48,665. It is part of a 62 hectare sporting complex which also features tennis courts, an aquatics center, a modern gymnasium, a velodrome, a BMX circuit, and an assistant ground/warmup athletics track.

Construction began in February 1937 and the stadium was inaugurated on December 3, 1938. The architecture was based on the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany. The stadium was one of the venues for the FIFA World Cup in 1962, and hosted the final where Brazil defeated Czechoslovakia 3-1. It was notoriously used as a prison camp and torture facility by the military regime following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.

In 2009, a complete modernization plan was unveiled for the stadium and surrounding facilities. President Michelle Bachelet said it would become the most modern stadium in South America.

The stadium was built on former farmland, donated in 1918 by farmer Jose Domingo Cañas. The first sporting event in the new stadium took place on 3 December 1938, with a friendly game between the Chilean club Colo-Colo and Brazilian club São Cristóvão. Colo-Colo won 6-3.

It has hosted all matches of the 1941, 1945 and 1955 South American Football Championships, and several matches of the 1991 and 2015 Copa América.


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