Estadio Luna Park

For any of the amusement parks of the same name, see Luna Park; for any other use of the term, see Luna Park (disambiguation).
Luna Park Stadium
Estadio Luna Park
Aerial view of the venue in 2016
Map
Former namesEstadio de Corrientes y Bouchard (planning/construction)
AddressAvenida Madero 420
C1106ABE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Coordinates34°36′08″S 58°22′07″W / 34.60222°S 58.36861°W / -34.60222; -58.36861
Public transit at Leandro N. Alem
at Correo Central
OwnerSalesians of Don Bosco
Cáritas Argentina
(50% each)[1][2]
OperatorTime For Fun
TypeArena
Capacity8,400[3]
Construction
Broke ground1931
Opened6 February 1932; 92 years ago (1932-02-06)
Renovated1934, 1951–52, 2006–08
Construction costAR$2 million
ArchitectJorge Kálnay
Structural engineerMariani Hnos
General contractorWestley Williams y Cía
Website
lunapark.com.ar

Estadio Luna Park (commonly known as Luna Park) is a multi-purpose arena in Buenos Aires. Located at the corner of Avenida Corrientes and Avenida Bouchard; in the San Nicolás neighborhood. Initially, the arena primarily hosted boxing and other sporting events. In the 1950s, it was expanded to host stage shows and concerts.

The stadium has hosted countless internationally famous personalities, including Pope John Paul II, several ballets, tennis and volleyball matches, world championship and important non-championship boxing fights involving Nicolino Locche,[4] Hugo Corro,[5] Santos Laciar,[6] Carlos Monzón,[7] Omar Narvaez,[8] Juan Roldán, Julio César Vásquez[9] and many other famous boxers, circuses, the Harlem Globetrotters, Holiday on Ice and many more.

The arena also hosted the 1950 FIBA World Championship, the final phase of the 1990 Basketball World Championship[10] and the 1976 Basketball Intercontinental Cup in which Real Madrid won the competition.[11]

The arena also hosted the Six Days of Buenos Aires cycle race.

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  3. ^ Estadio Luna Park (Luna Park Stadium), www.lunapark.com.ar, 28 October 2022 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 28 October 2022
  4. ^ "Entrada Ticket Boxeo Luna Park / Locche Vs Heair / Año 1975 – $ 200,00". mercadolibre.com.ar. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  5. ^ http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-535685648-entrada-ticket-boxeo-luna-park-corro-vs-ronnie-harris-1978-[permanent dead link‍],
  6. ^ "Entrada Ticket Boxeo Luna Park / Laciar Vs Ibarra / 1981 – $ 250,00". mercadolibre.com.ar. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Carlos Monzon vs. Tony Mundine – BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Omar Andres Narvaez vs. William Urina – BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  9. ^ "BoxRec – event". boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  10. ^ "El Mundo en Orbyt – Suscripción digital online". elmundo.es. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Intercontinental Cup 1976". linguasport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.