Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
	View of the stadium (October 2017)
Earlier names
	Estadio Olímpico Municipal El Batán
Data
place	Avenida Naciones Unidas 170135 Quito , Ecuador;
Coordinates	0 ° 10 ′ 39 ″ S , 78 ° 28 ′ 36 ″ W Coordinates: 0 ° 10 ′ 39 ″ S , 78 ° 28 ′ 36 ″ W
owner	Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha
operator	Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha
start of building	May 1948
opening	November 25, 1951
Renovations	1973, 1977
surface	Natural grass
architect	Menatlas Quito CA (1948–1951)
capacity	35,742 seats
playing area	105 × 70 m
Societies)
	America de Quito; Sociedad Deportivo Quito (since 1962); Universidad Católica del Ecuador (since 1963); Club Deportivo El Nacional (since 1964); Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (1962–1991); LDU Quito (1962-1996); Club Deportivo Espoli (1991–1995, 1995–2001, 2012, since 2016);
Events
	Juegos Bolivarianos 1965; Games of the Ecuadorian national soccer team (since 1970); Juegos Deportivos Nacionale de Ecuador 1974; Copa America 1975; Copa America 1979; 1981 U-20 South American Football Championship; Copa America 1983; Copa America 1993; U-17 World Cup 1995; U-17 South American Football Championship 2007; South American Women's Football Championship 2010; 2011 U-17 South American Football Championship; 2014 South American Women's Football Championship; Copa Libertadores 2016 final first leg ; 2017 U-20 South American Football Championship; Concerts;

The Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Ecuadorian capital Quito . It offers 35,724 places.

history

The sports facility is named after the Inca ruler Atahualpa . It was opened in 1951 after a three-year construction phase and renovated in 1973 and 1977. The renovation work has resulted in the capacity being reduced from the original 40,958 or 39,816 spaces.

The location of the stadium at an altitude of 2,782 m is remarkable. The facility is located at the intersection of Avenida 6 de Diciembre and Avenida Naciones Unidas in Quito, about seven kilometers north of the historic old town.

Several capital city clubs use or used the stadium as a home ground, such as Deportivo Quito , Universidad Católica del Ecuador and the CD El Nacional . The Ecuadorian national team also plays their home games at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa.