Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Municipal sports stadium in Iquique, Chile
Estadio Tierra de Campeones Ramón Estay Saavedra is a football and athletics stadium on Avenida Salvador Allende Gossens, between Tadeo Haenke and Manuel Castro Ramos streets, in southern Iquique. Rebuilt to FIFA standards and reopened in 2020, it has an eight-lane synthetic athletics track and stands for roughly 9,500 spectators. It sits inside the Complejo Deportivo Tadeo Haenke, which also holds three football pitches, the Casa del Deportista sports hall, a baseball diamond and the Colegio Deportivo de Iquique.
Construction began in the late 1980s under mayor Myrta Dubost to replace the old Estadio Municipal near Cavancha beach, but ran out of funds and was finished in 1993 under mayor Jorge Soria. It opened on 5 December 1993 with an under-17 friendly between Deportes Iquique and Bolivia's Academia Tahuichi Aguilera. Renamed in 2014 for coach Ramón Estay Saavedra, it was demolished in 2017 and reopened on 2 February 2020 with a 2:2 draw against Everton.
The name "Tierra de Campeones" means "Land of Champions" and reflects the pride Iquique takes in its sporting traditions. On match days, the stands fill with local fans who follow Deportes Iquique, the city's main football club.
The stadium sits on Avenida Salvador Allende Gossens, between Tadeo Haenke and Manuel Castro Ramos streets, in the southern sector of Iquique, within the Complejo Deportivo Tadeo Haenke. It is the city's main sports complex, also holding three football pitches, the Casa del Deportista sports hall opened in 2002, a baseball diamond and the Colegio Deportivo de Iquique. The ground also serves as a meeting point in case of a major emergency such as a tsunami.
The baseball diamond inside the complex is the only one in Iquique, which makes it a rarity in this part of Chile. Baseball has little presence in northern Chile, so finding a proper field here tends to surprise most visitors.
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