Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez Pradamos, Football stadium in Santiago, Chile.
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos is a state-owned stadium in the Ñuñoa district of Santiago, operated by the Instituto Nacional de Deportes. It opened on 3 December 1938 and holds 50,000 spectators. Club Universidad de Chile plays its home matches here, paying the IND a rental fee per game.
The stadium opened in 1938 and became central to Chile's sporting heritage. It hosted the 1962 FIFA World Cup final, establishing itself as a landmark venue for major national sporting events.
Universidad de Chile plays its home matches here, renting the state-owned ground from the Instituto Nacional de Deportes, which charges between 8 and 14 million pesos per match depending on attendance. When the venue is unavailable, the club has used Estadio Santa Laura in Independencia, owned by Unión Española, and Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in Coquimbo as alternatives.
Universidad de Chile plays home matches at the Estadio Nacional, owned by the State and run by the Instituto Nacional de Deportes, in Ñuñoa. The ground holds 50,000 spectators. As an alternative venue the club has used the Estadio Santa Laura in Independencia, and thirdly the Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in Coquimbo.
The stadium's official name honours Julio Martínez Prádanos, the Chilean sports journalist after whom the venue was renamed. The ground is owned by the State of Chile and operated by the Instituto Nacional de Deportes, which rents it to clubs per match. Universidad de Chile has never had a stadium of its own: a first project dates to January 1937, when rector Juvenal Hernández Jaque authorised funds for a 1,000-seat ground on calle Las Palmeras in Quinta Normal, but it never prospered.
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