Estadio Monumental (Buenos Aires)
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðjo monumenˈtal anˈtonjo βesˈpusjo liˈβeɾti]), officially Estadio Mâs Monumental for sponsorship reasons, and popularly known as "River Plate Stadium", "Monumental de Núñez", or simply "El Monumental", is a stadium in Belgrano, Buenos Aires (although popular belief wrongly states that the stadium is in the Núñez district), home venue of Club Atlético River Plate.
| Estadio Más Monumental | |
Monumental | |
The stadium after the expansion in spring 2023 | |
| Full name | Estadio Mâs Monumental |
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| Address | Av. Figueroa Alcorta 7597 Buenos Aires Argentina |
| Coordinates | 34°32′43″S 58°26′59″W |
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| Owner | C.A. River Plate |
| Capacity | 84,567 |
| Record attendance | 100,000 (River Plate 2–0 Racing, 17 Aug 1975) |
| Field size | 105 × 70 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1936–1938 |
| Opened | 26 May 1938 |
| Renovated | 1978, 2020–2021 |
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| Website | |
| cariverplate.com.ar/el-monumental | |
It was opened on 26 May 1938 and named after former club president Antonio Vespucio Liberti (1900–1978). It is the largest stadium in both Argentina and all of South America with a capacity of 86,049 and is also home of the Argentina national football team. It was the main venue in the 1951 Pan American Games. It hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and the Netherlands. It has also hosted four finals of the Copa América, most recently in 2011.