Estadio Metropolitano de Techo

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo (Estadio Rodrigo Lara Bonilla)
Earlier names
Hipódromo de Techo
Data
place	Bogotá , Colombia
Coordinates	4 ° 37 '24.9 "  N , 74 ° 8' 9.1"  W Coordinates: 4 ° 37 '24.9 "  N , 74 ° 8' 9.1"  W.
owner	City of Bogotá
opening	1954 as Hipódromo de Techo 1995 as Estadio de Techo
Renovations	2007, 2010
Extensions	on course for 23,000 seats
surface	Natural grass
architect	Álvaro Hermida
capacity	10,000 seats
playing area	107 × 68 m
Societies)
La Equidad Tigres FC Bogotá FC Fortaleza FC (2014-2016)

The Estadio Metropolitano de Techo is a football stadium in the Colombian capital Bogotá . It was first built as Hipodromo de Techo in 1954 and converted into a pure football stadium in 1995. It currently offers space for almost 10,000 spectators. The stadium serves as the home of the clubs La Equidad , Bogotá FC and Tigres FC , is owned by the city of Bogotá and is managed and expanded by the Instituto Distrital de Recreación y Deporte ("Institute for Leisure and Sport").

history

Estadio Metropolitano de Techo

Location of the stadium in Bogotá

The Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá was built in 1954 near the then Aeropuerto de Techo airport in the Techo district, part of the Kennedy district . Initially, the stadium was a pure horse racing track and known under the name Hipódromo de Techo . Since 1995 the stadium has been used exclusively for football matches. It was a venue for the U-23 South American Championship in 1994.

In the years that followed, the stadium was used as a home by a few short-lived teams playing in the Primera B category. It was only with the rise of the La Equidad club that the football stadium gained in importance and was expanded. Before the renovation, it only had a capacity of 3,000 spectators and then became the third largest stadium in the city with around 10,000 seats, after the Estadio Nemesio Camacho and the Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo . It was also equipped with a lighting system and modernized. A further expansion of the stadium to up to 23,000 spectator seats is in the course.

Today, in addition to the first division side La Equidad, the second division side Bogotá FC and Tigres FC play their home games at the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo. It was also Fortaleza FC's home ground from 2014 to 2016 .

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  The Estadio Metropolitano de Techo

Web links

• Estadio de Techo, otro protagonista del fútbol in Bogotá . Official website of the Municipality of Bogotá (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Equidad estrenará la iluminación de Techo frente a Once Caldas. futbolred.com. Accessed April 26, 2017 (Spanish).
2. ↑ Section on the stadium on the La Equidad club website. ( Memento of February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) equidadclubdeportivo.coop. Accessed April 26, 2017 (Spanish).