Estadio Palogrande inside
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Location | Manizales, Colombia |
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Coordinates | 5°03′22″N 75°29′23″W / 5.056233°N 75.489807°WCoordinates: 5°03′22″N 75°29′23″W / 5.056233°N 75.489807°W |
Owner | Municipality of Manizales |
Capacity | 32,000 |
Field size | 110 x 70 m |
Surface | Kikuyu Grass |
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Opened | 1936 (initial) July 30, 1994 |
Renovated | 2010-2011 (current structure) |
Construction cost | $ 5,500 million pesos (1994) |
Architect | Jorge Gutiérrez Duque and Enrique Gómez Gómez |
Tenants | |
Once Caldas |
Palogrande Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Manizales, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer) matches. With renovations made for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia the stadium capacity dropped to 32,000 people. It was built in 1936, and was expanded to 36,000 people in 1994. Once Caldas plays its home matches at this stadium and won the Copa Libertadores in 2004.