La Bombonera
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| Full name | Estadio Alberto J. Armando |
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| Location | Brandsen 805 CP 1161 La Boca, Buenos Aires |
| Owner | Boca Juniors |
| Capacity | 49,000 |
| Record attendance | 57,395 (Boca–San Lorenzo, 25 May 1940) |
| Field size | 105 x 68 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | February 18, 1938 |
| Built | 1938–40 |
| Opened | 25 May 1940 |
| Renovated | 1995–96 |
| Architect | José Luis Delpini, Viktor Sulčič, Raúl Bes |
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| Boca Juniors | 1940–present |
The Estadio Alberto J. Armando (formerly the "Estadio Camilo Cichero") is a stadium located in La Boca district of Buenos Aires. Widely known as La Bombonera (Spanish pronunciation: [la βomboˈneɾa]; English: the Chocolate Box) due to its shape, with a "flat" stand on one side of the pitch and three steep stands round the rest of the stadium. It has a capacity of 49,000.
The stadium is owned by Boca Juniors, one of Argentina's top football clubs. The unusual shape of the stadium has led to it having excellent acoustics and the Boca support being nicknamed "La Doce (The 12th man"). The pitch at La Bombonera is the minimum size required under FIFA regulations - 105m x 68m.
The stadium is widely regarded as one of the most emblematic stadiums of the world, and has been declared of public interest by the Government of Buenos Aires autonomous city.
The stadium, as well as being the home of Boca Juniors, is also used as a concert venue. Past performers at La Bombonera have included Lenny Kravitz, Sir Elton John, James Blunt, the Bee Gees, the Backstreet Boys, and Cast having performed there.
Previous to La Bombonera, Boca Juniors had used several locations before settling on their current ground on Brandsen. Club's first ground had been located in Dársena Sur of the old Buenos Aires port (currently Puerto Madero) and Isla Demarchi before moving to Brandsen and Del Crucero (currently Del Valle Iberlucea) streets in 1924. The club built a stadium there. The club built a new stadium there, which would be used as home venue until the construction of La Bombonera on the same location.
In 1931, the Boca Juniors' steering committee (leaded by president Ruperto Molfino) acquired the lands to the Municipality of Buenos Aires for A$ 2,200,000. Three years later the club published a call for tenders to built its new stadium. The project was finally granted to the Delpini-Sulcic-Bes architectural office. which would be also design the Abasto Shopping in the 1990s.
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