Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona
The Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona (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 | |
Interior view of the stadium as seen in 2014 | |
| 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 |
| Renovated | 2011 |
| 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", 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.