Estadio Racing Club

The Estadio Racing Club, popularly known as Estadio Alsina y Colón, was an association football stadium in Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Racing Club Stadium
Estadio Racing Club
Estadio Alsina y Colón
The stadium in 1939
AddressAlsina and Colón
LocationAvellaneda, Argentina
OwnerBA Great Southern Railway
OperatorRacing Club
TypeStadium
Genre(s)Sporting events
Capacity50,000
Field size105 x 85 m
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1904
Renovated1928–29
ClosedDecember 1946 (1946-12)
Demolished1948
Tenants

It was the home ground of Racing Club before they moved to Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in 1950, and was located in the intersection of Alsina and Colón streets, hence been sometimes referred as 'Estadio de Alsina y Colón'. The stadium held 50,000 spectators. It was one of two stadiums that hosted the first Copa América in 1916, along with Gimnasia y Esgrima.

The stadium was closed in December 1946 to build the Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón which was inaugurated in 1950.

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