El Coloso de la Zona 5 "The Colossus of Zone 5" | |
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| Full name | Estadio Nacional Doroteo Guamuch Flores |
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| Former names | Estadio Olímpico de la Revolución (1950–1959) Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores (1959–2016) |
| Location | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Operator | CDAG |
| Capacity | 26,116 |
| Record attendance | 82,000 (1950 Central American and Caribbean Games - Guatemala vs Mexico, 10 March 1950) |
| Field size | 105 m × 71 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1948 |
| Opened | August 18, 1950 |
| Construction cost | Q 1.500.000 |
| Architect | Juan de Dios Aguilar |
| Tenants | |
| Guatemala national football team (1950–present) Comunicaciones (2018–2024) Municipal (1950–1991, 2005) | |
The Estadio Nacional Doroteo Guamuch Flores is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest venue in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950,[1] and was renamed after long-distance runner Doroteo Guamuch Flores, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon. It has a capacity of 26,000 seats.
Used mostly for football (soccer) matches, the stadium has hosted the majority of the home matches of the Guatemala national football team throughout its history, and is the home of local football club Comunicaciones. The venue is operated by the Confederación Deportiva Autónoma de Guatemala (CDAG).
One of the worst disasters ever to occur in a sports venue took place at the stadium in 1996, when 83 people were killed because of a human avalanche on the stands.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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