Estadio Bautista Gargantini

Estadio Bautista Gargantini is a stadium located on General San Martín Park in the city of Mendoza, Argentina. It is owned and operated by Club Independiente Rivadavia. The stadium holds 24,000 people, being the 2nd. largest stadium in the province after Estadio Malvinas Argentinas.

Bautista Gargantini Stadium
Estadio Bautista Gargantini
La Catedral
The stadium as seen in May 2010
AddressAv. Boulogne Sur Mer and Av. Villanueva,
Mendoza
Argentina
OwnerClub Independiente Rivadavia
Capacity24,000
Field size100 x 70 m
SurfaceGrass
Opened5 April 1925 (1925-04-05)
Tenants
Independiente Rivadavia
Argentina national rugby team (2002)

The stadium is named after Bautista Gargantini, one of the founding members of Independiente Rivadavia and five-times president of the institution. Gargantini was one of the initiators of the merger of Club Atlético Independiente and Club Sportivo Rivadavia, which resulted in the creation of "Independiente Rivadavia".

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