| Estadio El Gigante del Norte | |
Monumental de la Vicente López | |
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| Address | Vicente López 670 Salta Argentina |
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| Owner | Gimnasia y Tiro |
| Type | Stadium |
| Capacity | 24,300 [1] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | c.1922 [2][1] |
| Renovated | 1980,[2] 1994 [3] |
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Estadio El Gigante del Norte is a football stadium located in the city of Salta in the homonymous province of Argentina. It is owned and operated by local club Gimnasia y Tiro and was opened in the 1920s. The stadium has a capacity of 24,300 spectators.
Apart from football, the stadium has hosted several sports events through the years, such as baseball and bycicle racing.[6] El Gigante has also hosted rugby union matches (the GyT rugby team, and some games organised by the Salta Rugby Union.[7]
The Argentina national team (with superstar Diego Maradona) played a friendly vs Morocco (won 3–1) at El Gigante in 1994, as part of their preparation for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[5]
- ^ a b Estadio de Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta by Adrián Redi
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
pagina12was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Recordá el día en que Maradona jugó en Salta on La Gaceta Salta, 20 Apr 2016
- ^ El Club on El Gigante de Salta (unofficial site)
- ^ a b match at A 29 años de los "jueguitos" de Diego con una naranja y del Argentina vs. Marruecos en Salta on El Tribuno, 20 Apr 2023
- ^ Conocé la historia de Gimnasia y Tiro on La Gaceta, 29 Nov 2014
- ^ Los Jaguares vencieron a Salta on Jockey Club Rosario – 25 Sep 2014