Estadio Nueva Chicago

Football stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina
34°40′04.51″S 58°29′58.56″W / 34.6679194°S 58.4996000°W / -34.6679194; -58.4996000OwnerC.A. Nueva ChicagoTypeStadiumCapacity20,000SurfaceGrassConstructionOpened27 October 1940; 83 years ago (1940-10-27)[2]ArchitectDartiguelongue[3]

Estadio Nueva Chicago is a football stadium located in the Mataderos neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is also popularly known as Estadio República de Mataderos.[4] The stadium, inaugurated in 1940,[5] is owned and operated by Club Atlético Nueva Chicago. It has a capacity of 20,000.[6]

History

The first field, on Piedrabuena and Campana streets, c. 1925

During their first years of existence, Nueva Chicago played in fields located near the "Mercado de Hacienda" in Mataderos. In 1920 the club started using a field on Piedrabuena and Av. Campana (now "Avenida del Trabajo") streets. Nueva Chicago played their home matches there until 1934. In successive years, the team played in other clubs stadiums.[5]

As the land on Piedrabuena and Av. Campana was chosen to build a new hospital (current Mataderos Health Center),[3] Nueva Chicago had to leave it. The club acquired a new land, starting to build a stadium, which was inaugurated in 1940 in a Tercera Divisón match vs Sportivo Buenos Aires, won by Chicago 2–0. That victory also allowed the team to be crowned champion, promoting to Segunda División.[3][7]

In September 1944,[8] the club inaugurated a velodrome, surrounding the pitch of the stadium.[7] The track had a circunsference of 370 metre.[3] Between mid-1970s and early 1990s, the stadium hosted speedway and midget races, held in the former velodrome track.[5]

References

Media related to Estadio Nueva Chicago at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ canuevachicago.com.ar/instalaciones Instalaciones on C.A. Nueva Chicago
  2. ^ "El estadio del club Nueva Chicago cumplió 80 años". Medios del Sur (in Spanish). 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Nueva Chicago history on Webcindario.com
  4. ^ "Confirmaron la clausura del estadio Republica de Mataderos". Medios del Sur (in Spanish). 19 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Mataderos" on Viejos Estadios blogsite
  6. ^ Estadios de Argentina
  7. ^ a b Orgullo de Mataderos, orgullo de barrio on Clarín, 11 Jun 2001
  8. ^ "Velódromo municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" on Palermo online, 11 Oct 2023
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