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River Plate Stadium

Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti
El Monumental
River Plate Stadium
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Full name Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Former names Estadio Monumental (1938–1986)
Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
Owner River Plate
Capacity 76,000[1]
Record attendance 100,000+ (River Plate-Racing Club, in 1975)
Field size 105 x 68 m
Surface Grass
Construction
Built 1936–1938
Opened May 25, 1938
Renovated 1978
Architect José Aslan
Héctor Ezcurra
Tenants
Argentine national football team
River Plate
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Argentina national rugby union team

Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈstaðjo monumenˈtal anˈtonjo βesˈpusjo liˈβeɾti]), also referred to as River Plate Stadium or simply El Monumental, is a stadium in the Núñez district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, home of the football club River Plate. It was opened on 25 May 1938 and named after former club president Antonio Vespucio Liberti. It is the largest stadium in Argentina with a capacity of 76.000 and also home of the Argentina national football team. It was the main venue in the 1951 Pan American Games and in the 1978 FIFA World Cup when hosted the final between Argentina and the Netherlands. Additionally, it hosted four finals of the Copa América, most recently in 2011 for the 2011 Copa América.

In 2018, the stadium will host the Opening and Closing ceremonies of 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.

The Club Atlético River Plate was founded in 1901 and by 1934, it had won two championships. At the time, the club was nicknamed "Los Millonarios" (The Millionaires in Spanish) because of the purchase of forward Carlos Peucelle for whom River had paid a huge amount of money. On October 31, 1934, River Plate purchased the land where the club was to build the new stadium in the neighborhood of Belgrano.


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