Estadio Municipal de San Joaquín, Municipal sports stadium in San Joaquín district, Santiago, Chile.
The Estadio Municipal de San Joaquín is a football stadium in the San Joaquín district of Santiago, Chile, with a capacity of 3,515 spectators. It was inaugurated on 15 May 2016 and was originally named Estadio Municipal Arturo Vidal. It is used mainly for football matches.
The stadium was inaugurated on 15 May 2016 at an event attended by mayor Echeverría and then intendant Claudio Orrego Larraín. It was named after footballer Arturo Vidal, who thanked the recognition from Germany, where he played for Bayern Munich, and visited the ground on 25 July after his season ended. It now bears the name Estadio Municipal de San Joaquín.
The stadium's name honoured footballer Arturo Vidal, born in San Joaquín, when it opened on 15 May 2016; Vidal thanked the recognition from Germany, where he then played for Bayern Munich, and visited the ground on 25 July after his season ended. It is the home ground of Real San Joaquín of Chile's Segunda División.
The ground holds 3,515 spectators and sits in the San Joaquín commune of Santiago, at the coordinates -33.48406, -70.62828. It is used mainly for football, with Real San Joaquín of the Segunda División playing its home matches here.
The stadium was inaugurated on 15 May 2016 as Estadio Municipal Arturo Vidal, named after the Chilean international who grew up in San Joaquín. Vidal, then with Bayern Munich, thanked the honour on Twitter from Germany and could not attend; he visited the ground on 25 July, after his season with the club ended.
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