Estadio Ciudad de La Plata

Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
	Estadio Único
	The Estadio Ciudad de La Plata under floodlights
Data
place	La Plata , Argentina
Coordinates	34 ° 54 '50.1 " S , 57 ° 59' 20.3" W Coordinates: 34 ° 54 '50.1 " S , 57 ° 59' 20.3" W.
owner	Buenos Aires Province
start of building	1997
opening	June 7, 2003
First game	Estudiantes de La Plata - Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata
Renovations	2010-2011
surface	Natural grass
architect	Roberto Ferreira Arquitectos & Asociados
capacity	53,000 seats
Capacity (internat.)	36,000 seats
playing area	105 × 70 m
Societies)
	Estudiantes de La Plata;
Events
	Games from Estudiantes de La Plata; Games from Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (isolated); 2009 Copa Libertadores final ; Copa America 2011; Copa America 2021;

The Estadio Ciudad de La Plata (also known as Estadio Único ) is a football stadium in the Argentine city of La Plata . It is the sporting home of the Estudiantes de La Plata football club . The Estadio Único has 53,000 seats, 36,000 of which are seats. This includes 2,856 seats in the 186 VIP - boxes , 440 business seats, 204 seats in the press box and 357 disabled spaces. Occasionally the soccer team of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata also uses the soccer arena.

history

The Estadio Ciudad de La Plata in La Plata , the capital of the province of Buenos Aires , was built in 2003. Since the Estudiantes de La Plata club was able to attract more and more spectators to the Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi and the stadium, which only had a capacity of 20,000, was almost always sold out, the decision was made in the late 1990s to build a new stadium in La Plata. After the end of the construction phase, which lasted from 1997 to 2003, the stadium was opened in 2003. At the first game in the new stadium, La Plata's two top clubs, Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, and the future arena user, Estudiantes de La Plata, met for a friendly match.

When it became known that Argentina , the Copa America 2011 would align became the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata selected as one of eight stadiums for the tournament. For this reason, it was temporarily closed in 2009 so that small renovations could be carried out. Among other things, a new roof was installed for the arena. On February 17, 2011, the stadium was reopened and six days later the first soccer match between Estudiantes and Deportes Tolima took place in a group match of the Copa Libertadores .

In 2011, the Irish rock band U2 (March 30, April 2 and 3; U2 360 ° Tour ), the American rock band Pearl Jam (November 13; Pearl Jam 20th anniversary tour ) and singer Britney performed Spears (November 20; Femme Fatale Tour ) at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata. In February 2016, The Rolling Stones gave 3 concerts here, with an audience of around 51,000 each.

2011 Copa America games

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	spectator	Game round
0July 1, 2011	Argentina Argentina	Bolivia Bolivia	1: 1	52,700	Group stage; Group A
0July 3, 2011	Brazil Brazil	Venezuela Venezuela	0-0	35,000	Group stage; Group B
July 12, 2011	Uruguay Uruguay	Mexico Mexico	1-0	36,000	Group stage; Group C
July 17, 2011	Brazil Brazil	Paraguay Paraguay	0: 2 i. E.	36,000	Quarter finals
July 20, 2011	Peru Peru	Uruguay Uruguay	0: 2	25,000	Semifinals
July 23, 2011	Peru Peru	Venezuela Venezuela	4: 1	20,000	3rd place match