Estadio Romelio Martínez

Estadio Romelio Martínez
	Estadio Romelio Martínez
Earlier names
	Estadio Municipal
Data
place	Barranquilla , Colombia
Coordinates	10 ° 59 '38 " N , 74 ° 48' 25" W Coordinates: 10 ° 59 '38 " N , 74 ° 48' 25" W.
owner	Barranquilla municipality
opening	1934
Renovations	2014-2018
surface	Natural grass
capacity	11,000 seats
playing area	70 × 105 meters
Societies)
	Barranquilla FC (since 2005); Junior (1948 to 1986); Deportivo Barranquilla (1949); Sporting de Barranquilla (1950–1953 and 1988–1991); Libertad de Barranquilla (1956); Deportivo Unicosta (1995-1999);
Events
	Central American and Caribbean Games in 1946 and 2018

The Estadio Romelio Martínez is a football stadium in the Colombian city of Barranquilla . It currently has space for 11,000 spectators.

history

Estadio Romelio Martínez

Location of the stadium in Atlántico

The stadium was built from 1932 and inaugurated in 1934 under the name Estadio Municipal . The stadium's façade, which is still standing today, was built in the Art Deco style. At the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1946, the stadium was one of the competition venues. Since the beginning of the Colombian football championship in 1948 , the stadium was used by Atlético Junior as home stadium, which only moved out in 1986 after the completion of the larger and more modern stadium Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez . Other clubs from Barranquilla used and still use the stadium as their home stadium: Deportivo Barranquilla (1949), Sporting de Barranquilla (1950–1953 and 1988–1991), Libertad de Barranquilla (1956), Deportivo Unicosta (1995–1999) and, since 2005, Barranquilla FC .

The stadium was declared a national monument in 1994 and has been protected from demolition ever since.

From 2014 to 2018, the stadium was extensively renovated and modernized and reopened in the course of the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2018. After the renovation, the stadium will seat 11,000 spectators. The mobile south stand is the only standing stand with a capacity of 2400 spectators. The grandstands have a capacity of 2500 (west), 2612 (east) and 3464 (north) spectators. With a playing area of 70 × 105 meters, the modernized stadium complies with FIFA regulations. The renovation was overseen by the architect Giancarlo Mazzanti and cost 48 billion COP .

The new opening after four years of renovation took place on April 28, 2018 with a friendly game in which well-known former professional footballers from Colombia and other countries took part.

gallery

Art Deco facade
The west stand of the modernized stadium
The east stand of the modernized stadium

Web links

Commons : Estadio Romelio Martínez - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ eltiempo.com: DOS NUEVOS MONUMENTOS EN BARRANQUILLA (Spanish)
↑ elheraldo.com: La nueva cara que ya se le ve al Romelio Martínez (Spanish)
↑ eltiempo.com: Fiesta en Barranquilla en la reinauguración del Romelio Martínez (Spanish)

[1] tiempo.com: DOS NUEVOS MONUMENTOS EN BARRANQUILLA (Spanish)

[2] raldo.com: La nueva cara que ya se le ve al Romelio Martínez (Spanish)

[3] tiempo.com: Fiesta en Barranquilla en la reinauguración del Romelio Martínez (Spanish)