Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina
85,018
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 places
Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires is the largest of the 277 listed stadiums in South America. It was a venue of the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
It opened in 1938. The nearest listed stadium is Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López, 3.0 km away.
- Listed for
- Athletics and football
- Tenants
- River Plate, Argentina national football team
- Surface
- Hybrid grass
- Position
- 34.55° S, 58.45° W
Where it stands in Argentina
- Estadio Monumental85,018
- La Bombonera26,713 fewer58,305
- Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes28,018 fewer57,000
- Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona32,018 fewer53,000
- 60 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Record attendance
- 100,000 (1975)
- Opening order in Argentina
- 20th of 64, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in Argentina
- 4.5%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2020, more recent than 27 of the other 37 listed stadiums in Argentina with such a year
- Compared with the median in Argentina
- 3.3 times the median capacity of 26,000 across its 64 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1930s in Argentina
- 5 of the 64 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Estadio Azteca, 7,373 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 7
Chronology
- 1938 Opened
- 1958 Renovated
- 1978 FIFA World Cup venue, Renovated
- 2020 Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López · west28,530 places, opened 19793.0 km
- Estadio GEBA · south-east12,133 places, opened 19023.8 km
- Estadio Don León Kolbowski · south18,000 places, opened 19605.5 km
- Estadio Diego Armando Maradona · south25,110 places, opened 19407.1 km
- Estadio de Chacarita Juniors · west13,600 places, opened 19457.6 km
Source: Wikipedia, Estadio Monumental (Buenos Aires).