Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional, Sports and recreation park in Ñuñoa, Chile.
Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional is a 64-hectare urban sports complex in Ñuñoa, Santiago, built around the Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium. Its 12 venues include the Kristel Köbrich Schimpl aquatic centre, the Mario Recordón athletics centre, a hockey pitch training centre, a Paralympic training centre, a velodrome-like patinódromo and the Explanada de los Deportes Urbanos. The layout adds 5.3 km of cycle and running circuits and 10 hectares of green areas among the stadiums and pitches.
The park was planned as part of the works for the 2023 Pan American Games, which Santiago hosted, and it opened in 2023. The project upgraded existing sports venues around the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos and added new training centres on a 64-hectare site in Ñuñoa.
The park's venues carry names of Chilean athletes: the aquatic centre honours swimmer Kristel Köbrich Schimpl and the athletics centre honours coach Mario Recordón. The Explanada de los Deportes Urbanos hosts skateboarding and BMX, sports added to the Pan American programme for Santiago 2023. Twelve indoor and outdoor venues sit within the 64-hectare grounds.
The park covers 64 hectares, so plan routes around the 5.3 km of cycleways and jogging circuits that link the facilities. Ten hectares of green areas provide rest points between the stadium, athletics track and the twelve indoor venues. The Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos sits at the centre, with the smaller blue-and-yellow oval stadium and the athletics track to its west.
The park includes areas for modern street sports not found in traditional stadiums. These zones were specifically built for skateboarding, BMX, and similar activities and draw mostly younger athletes.
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