Estadio Alberto Gallardo

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Estadio Alberto Gatardo

Full name	Estadio Alberto Gatardo
Location	Lima, Peru
Owner	Instituto Peruano del Deporte
Operator	Sporting Cristal
Capacity	1,600[1]
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1960s
Renovated	1995
Tenants
Sporting Cristal

Estadio Alberto Gallardo is a football stadium in the Rimac District of Lima, Peru, named after Alberto Gallardo, a former Peruvian football player and manager who played for several years for Sporting Cristal. It is the home of football club Sporting Cristal. The stadium was built in the 1960s along the Rímac River for local football use and was originally named Estadio San Martín de Porres. Many clubs playing in the Primera División, Segunda División, and district leagues of San Martín de Porres were among the many tenants the stadium had. In 1995, Sporting Cristal—one of the regular first division tenants of the stadium—decided to lease the venue from the Instituto Peruano del Deporte for 17 years. In 2012 the club signed a new lease contract for 10 years which will expire in 2022. The stadium itself has hosted a few high-risk matches due to the limited access to the stadium and the low capacity of 11,600.