Estadio Monumental David Arellano
CSD Colo -Colo
- Final leg of their Copa Libertadores 1991
The Estadio Monumental, often only briefly El Monumental, is a football stadium in the district of Macul southeast of the center of the Chilean capital Santiago and is owned by the division club Colo -Colo. The stadium, which the foundation stone was laid in 1956 and the football competitions are held regularly since 1989, has a capacity of 47,000 spectators. The playing field is named after David Arellano, founder of the club - often the stadium Estadio Monumental David Arellano hence is called.
The stadium is built into a dredged hole in the ground, what. Of the grandstand, the Sector Océano, provides excellent views of the Andes Cordillera uncovered behind the grandstand on the east Covered are only the upper echelons of the main grandstand. The playing field is only five meters away from the stands.
To the stadium grounds include five football fields, one with artificial turf on which to train the crews of Colo- Colo, accommodation for young players in the so-called Casa Alba, which also houses conference facilities are located, as well as the club museum. Inside the stadium, the management of the Association is housed.
From 1998 to 2011, six competitions in the Chilean country team at the stadium took place, which were up on a draw all won by the hosts.
Furthermore, it was used the stadium for various musical events.
History
CSD Colo -Colo acquired in 1956, an approximately 28 -acre ground with the intention to build a stadium for 120,000 viewers, which should also be a main venue for the Football World Cup 1962. Because of the great earthquake of 1960, the government slashed spending on new stadiums and hence this project. Only about 25 % of the building were carried out up to that point.
It was completed only when the club had the necessary economic capacity, which was favored among others by selling the player Carlos Caszely to the Spanish club Levante UD. On April 20, 1975, the stadium was finally opened with a double event, which was attended by 25,599 spectators. First, CD Santiago Morning and CD Santiago Wanderers drew 1-1. In the subsequent main act defeated Colo -Colo CD Aviación 1-0. Carlos Orellana was here as a scorer in the annals. But the stadium still was not enough the demands of a regular gaming operation and Colo -Colo returned to only five more games in the Estadio Nacional.
Only after the honorary president of the association and its term President of Chile, the dictator Augusto Pinochet, the club 300 million pesos zuschanzte from government agents and a player's 1987 re- sale, this time by Hugo Rubio to the Italian Bologna FC, additional funds earned, could Colo -Colo the stadium finish. When re- inaugural match on September 30, 1989 defeated Colo -Colo CA Peñarol of Uruguay 2-1. Colo- Colos Barticciotto Marcelo scored the first goal of this era and Leonel Herrera secured with his goal to the final score the victory of the home team. In January 1991, the floodlights of the stadium was inaugurated with a 1-0 victory over Racing Club of Buenos Aires. On June 5th of that year, Colo -Colo celebrated at the same place the greatest triumph of his club's history, as the team in the final leg of their Copa Libertadores 1991 Club Olimpia of the Paraguayan capital Asunción defeated 3-0 and thus to date only time the trophy after Chile took.
In that era the stadium had an official capacity of official 62500-65000 viewers. Record attendance were 69 305 spectators that a championship game between Colo -Colo and Universidad Católica CD witnessed in 1992.
After several accidents that resulted in a fatality, among others in 1993, the Estadio Monumental was subjected to further modernization as elimination of standing and installation of individual seats, leading to a reduction of the capacity to 47,000 spectators after themselves. The fans in the curves must still still sitting on concrete.
After a report of the World football governing body FIFA in 2006 found that no Chilean stadium satisfy their standards does the club is currently in the process to investigate further improvements to the stadium, such as canopy.