![]() Estadio Palogrande inside | |
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Location | Manizales, Colombia |
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Coordinates | 5°03′22″N 75°29′23″W / 5.056233°N 75.489807°W |
Owner | Municipality of Manizales |
Capacity | 31,611[1] |
Field size | 110 x 70 m |
Surface | Kikuyu Grass |
Construction | |
Opened | 1936 (first stadium) July 30, 1994 (current stadium) |
Renovated | 2010-2011, 2019 (current stadium) |
Demolished | 1993 (first stadium) |
Construction cost | $ 5,500 million pesos (1994) |
Architect | Jorge Gutiérrez Duque and Enrique Gómez Gómez |
Tenants | |
Once Caldas |
Estadio Palogrande is a multi-purpose stadium in Manizales, Colombia with a capacity of 31,611.[1] It is currently used mostly for football (soccer) matches as home venue of the Once Caldas, winners of the 2004 Copa Libertadores.
History
The first Palogrande was built in 1936 and demolished in 1993, and the current Palogrande was inaugurated in 1994.
With renovations made for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, the stadium capacity dropped from 42,678 to 32,000 people,[2] although it was capped at 28,678 for the tournament.[3]
External links
- Stadium picture Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Estadio Palogrande 1. (Inside)
- Estadio Palogrande 2. (Outside)
See also
References
- ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: Bid Evaluation Report" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2020. pp. 128–129. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Palogrande - Manizales". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ FIFA.com