Estadio Malvinas Argentinas

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Full name	Estadio Mundialista Malvinas Argentinas
Location	Mendoza, Argentina
Built	1976–1978
Opened	1978
Capacity	45,268
Field dimensions	105 x 70 m
Tenants
Godoy Cruz, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza, Independiente Rivadavia

The Estadio Malvinas Argentinas is a stadium, in the city of Mendoza, Argentina, at General San Martín Park.

It was built in 1976 in preparation for the 1978 World Cup. It has capacity for 45,000 spectators, although it doesn't provide seating for all of them, not many Argentine stadiums do.

The stadium used to be named Ciudad de Mendoza ("City of Mendoza"), but was later renamed after the events of the Falklands War of 1982. The new name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas in Spanish), and could be translated as "Argentine Falklands Stadium".

After the arrival of Godoy Cruz to the Argentine Football First Division, the stadium will start having a wider use, because, until 2006, no football team from Mendoza had ever reached that level, although some have played in the Torneo Nacional, which was the top national tournament between 1967–1985 and Argentinos Juniors used it for a season as their home court.

The stadium played host to Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! Benefit Concert on October 14, 1988. The show was headlined by Sting and Peter Gabriel and also featured Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tracy Chapman and Youssou N'Dour.

It will also host the home debut of the Argentina national rugby union team in The Rugby Championship (formerly the Tri Nations before Argentina's 2012 entry) against South Africa on August 25, 2012.

See also

• List of association football stadiums by capacity

References

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