Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
CA San Martín de San Juan
- Games of CA San Martín de San Juan
- Copa America 2011
The Estadio del Bicentenario is a multi-purpose stadium in the Argentine city of San Juan. It can accommodate 25 286 spectators and is the club CA San Martín de San Juan as homestead.
History
The Estadio del Bicentenario in San Juan, a city with about 100,000 inhabitants in the west of Argentina, located in an oasis, was built between 2009 and 2011 and opened on March 16, 2011. For the first game in the new stadium, the Argentine national football team and the national team of Venezuela met for a friendly match, which was won by Argentina 4-1. From 2011, the stadium is San Martín de San Juan used by the local club CA as the venue for home games in football. Here, the Estadio del Bicentenario replaced the Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez as the home of CA San Martín, the space offered for 19,000 spectators and since 1951 Headquartered football matches of the club from San Juan. The club currently plays in the first-class Primera División after last season, third place was in the second league, the Primera B Nacional, is (2010/11 ) and after acquired relegation matches against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata reached the summit.
The Estadio del Bicentenario, was built on the grounds of the Copa America 2011, Argentina had secured their orientation to and during the tournament one of the venues. With a capacity of just over 25,000 spectators during the tournament, it is the third smallest stadium in the South American Championship. During the tournament three games will find staff in San Juan, where two accounts for the first round and one in the quarterfinals.