Estadio Monumental (Buenos Aires)

For other uses of "Estadio Monumental", see Estadio Monumental (disambiguation).
"El Monumental" redirects here. For other uses, see Monumental (disambiguation).
Mâs Monumental Stadium[1]
Estadio Mâs Monumental
Monumental
The stadium during a football game
in spring 2024
Map
Full nameEstadio Mâs Monumental
Former names
  • Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti (1986–2022)
AddressAv. Figueroa Alcorta 7597
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Coordinates34°32′43″S 58°26′59″W / 34.54528°S 58.44972°W / -34.54528; -58.44972
Public transit
OwnerC.A. River Plate
Capacity84,567[2]
Record attendance100,000 (River Plate 2–0 Racing, 17 Aug 1975)[3]
Field size105 × 70 m
SurfaceGrass
Current use
Construction
Built1936–1938
Opened26 May 1938; 86 years ago (1938-05-26)
Renovated1958, 1978, 2020–2028
Architect
  • José Aslan
  • Héctor Ezcurra
Tenants
Website
cariverplate.com.ar/el-monumental

Estadio Mâs Monumental,[4][1][5] popularly known as River Plate Stadium, Monumental de Núñez, or simply El Monumental, is a stadium in Buenos Aires Argentina. Located in the neighborhood of Belgrano (although popular belief wrongly states that the stadium is in the Núñez district),[6] the stadium is owned and operated by Club Atlético River Plate.[7]

It was opened on 26 May 1938 and named after former club president Antonio Vespucio Liberti (1900–1978). It is the largest stadium in both Argentina and all of South America with a capacity of 86,049 and is also home of the Argentina national football team. It was the main venue in the 1951 Pan American Games. It hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and the Netherlands. It has also hosted four finals of the Copa América, most recently in 2011.[8]

  1. ^ a b Mâs Monumental: el nuevo naming del estadio de River Archived 2022-04-30 at the Wayback Machine on CARP website, 5 Apr 2022
  2. ^ "Stadium information in the official website". Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  3. ^ Los cinco partidos con más público en la historia del fútbol argentino by Daniel Szwarc on 90 Minutos, 30 Apr 2019
  4. ^ Mâs Monumental [https://web.archive.org/web/20221028032249/https://www.cariverplate.com.ar/el-monumental Archived 2022-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, River Plate official website
  5. ^ River dio a conocer el nuevo Monumental y su sponsor Archived 2022-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Telam, 28 Jun 2022
  6. ^ Estadio River Plate - Estadio Monumental on GCBA
  7. ^ The Stadium Guide. "El Monumental". Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  8. ^ Uruguay 3-0 Paraguay (24 de Jul., 2011) match report on ESPN.com.ar