Estadio Palogrande
Estadio Palogrande is a multi-purpose stadium in Manizales, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer) matches. With renovations made for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, the stadium capacity dropped to 32,000[2] people. The first Palogrande was built in 1936 and demolished in 1993, and the current Palogrande was inaugured in 1994. Once Caldas plays its home matches at this stadium and won the Copa Libertadores in 2004.
 Estadio Palogrande inside | |
| Location | Manizales, Colombia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 5.056233°N 75.489807°W |
| Owner | Municipality of Manizales |
| Capacity | 28,678[1] |
| Field size | 110 x 70 m |
| Surface | Kikuyu Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1936 (first stadium) July 30, 1994 (current stadium) |
| Renovated | 2010-2011, 2019 (current stadium) |
| Demolished | 1993 (first stadium) |
| Construction cost | $ 5,500 million pesos (1994) |
| Architect | Jorge Gutiérrez Duque and Enrique Gómez Gómez |
| Tenants | |
| Once Caldas | |
External links
- Colombia 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Stadium picture Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Estadio Palogrande 1. (Inside)
- Estadio Palogrande 2. (Outside)
References
- FIFA.com
- "Palogrande - Manizales". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
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