Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona
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The Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona[2][3] (Unique Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, formerly Estadio Ciudad de La Plata) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Tolosa, La Plata Partido, next to the city of La Plata, Argentina. It is also known popularly as the Estadio Único (One-of-a kind Stadium) and is owned by Buenos Aires Province, administered jointly by the provincial government, the Municipality of La Plata, and the football clubs Estudiantes de La Plata and Gimnasia y Esgrima de la Plata.
Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona | |
Estadio Único | |
Full name | Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona |
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Former names | Estadio Ciudad de La Plata |
Location | Tolosa, La Plata, Argentina |
Owner | Buenos Aires Province |
Operator | Government of Buenos Aires Province |
Capacity | 53,000 |
Field size | 105 x 70 |
Surface | Grass, GreenTech System |
Construction | |
Built | 1997–2003 |
Opened | June 7, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-06-07) |
Renovated | 2011 [1] |
Construction cost | AR$100 million |
Architect | Roberto Ferreira |
Tenants | |
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Website | |
estadiolp.gba.gob.ar |
Opened on June 7, 2003, the stadium was considered "the most modern of Latin America",[4][1] even without having completed all of the planned construction. Its tenants include Estudiantes LP whose own stadium, the Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, was declared unsafe in 2005, and Gimnasia y Esgrima LP. Gimnasia returned to their original stadium (Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo) in mid-2008.
It is located between 32nd and 526th avenues, 25 Street and 21. These fields also contain a small rugby union stadium and a center for Physical Education, which tend to be intercollegiate events with schools in the area, such as the school No. 31, better known as the Saint Martin Commercial.