Estadio La Granja, Sports stadium in Curicó, Chile
Estadio La Granja is a football stadium in Curicó with a natural grass playing surface, a running track, and covered seating sections fitted with LED displays. The facility includes additional sports amenities and accommodates approximately 8,000 spectators.
The ground existed since the mid-19th century and was inaugurated as a stadium in 1949, when cycling was its main sport and a velodrome encircled the football pitch. The first professional football match was played on 24 June 1956, when Universidad Católica beat Alianza 3-2 before 4,457 spectators. Remodelling closed the venue from 1976 to 1978, and a 2010 reconstruction to FIFA standards left only the west stand of the old ground, which was rebuilt in 2017.
The hill behind the ground, Cerro Carlos Condell, has a viewpoint over the pitch that fans use instead of buying tickets, a practice they call "the highest gallery in the world". The preferential numbered stand was named "Edith Véliz" in February 2015, honouring a supporter present since Curicó Unido's founding in 1973. The ground also hosted the Multibingo, a giant annual bingo run by the store Multihogar, held on the first Saturday of January until its last edition in 2012.
The stadium lies on Avenida Juan Luis Diez, between Avenida Freire and Avenida Arturo Alessandri, inside Curicó's main sports complex at the foot of Cerro Carlos Condell. The hill has a viewpoint over the pitch, and fans often watch matches from there instead of buying a ticket. The ground is owned by the Instituto Nacional de Deportes.
The stadium saw its highest attendance in 1990 when nearly 9,000 fans watched a match between Curicó Unido and Universidad de Chile. This record-breaking game remains a memorable moment in its history.
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