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Estadio Centenario
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Key facts
- Full name
- Estadio Centenario
- Location
- Avenida Dr. Américo Ricaldoni y Federico Videla, Parque Batlle , Montevideo , Uruguay
- Coordinates
- 34°53′40.78″S 56°9′10.22″W / 34.8946611°S 56.1528389°W / -34.8946611; -56.1528389
- Owner
- Montevideo Department
- Operator
- Comisión Administradora del Field Oficial (CAFO)
- Capacity
- 60,235
- Surface
- Grass
- Record attendance
- 79,867, Uruguay – Yugoslavia , (27 July 1930)
- Field size
- 105 x 68 m
- Groundbreaking
- 21 July 1929
- Built
- 1929–30 (8 months)
- Opened
- July 18, 1930 ( 1930-07-18 )
- Construction cost
- $1,000,000
- Architect
- Juan Antonio Scasso
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Official website
Estadio Centenario, monumento al fútbol mundial
El Estadio Centenario del Uruguay, es el único monumento al fútbol mundial. Inaugurado en 1930 vuelve a ser sede del mayor evento deportivo, participando de los festejos de la ceremonia inaugural de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2030.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- stadium
- Country
- Uruguay
- Located in
- Montevideo
- Owned by
- Montevideo Department
- Operator
- Uruguayan Football Association
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.estadiocentenario.com.uy
- Image
- Estadio Centenario (vista aérea).jpg
- Significant event
- 1930 FIFA World Cup
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- Commons category
- Estadio Centenario
- maximum capacity
- 60235
- occupant
- Uruguayan Football Association
- architect
- Juan Antonio Scasso
- native label
- Estadio Centenario
- date of official opening
- 1930-07-18
- inception
- 1930-01-18
- street address
- Montevideo, 11400
- surface played on
- lawn
- Commons gallery
- Estadio Centenario
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Encyclopedic overview
The Estadio Centenario ( Spanish pronunciation: [estaðjo θentenaɾjo]; lit. 'Centenary Stadium', named after the centenary of Uruguay's Constitution) is an association football stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in the Parque Batlle neighbourhood, it is owned by the Montevideo Department.
The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup. It is listed by FIFA as one of the football world's classic stadiums. On 18 July 1983, it was declared by FIFA as the first Historical Monument of World Football, to this day the only building to achieve this recognition worldwide.
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