Estadio Ferroviario Hugo Arqueros Rodríguez, Sports stadium in Estación Central, Chile.
Estadio Ferroviario Hugo Arqueros Rodríguez was a sports ground in Estación Central, Santiago, built by the State Railway Company (EFE) from 1940 and inaugurated on 14 July 1941. It stood at Ramón Subercaseux N°3060, between Santa Margarita and San Alfonso streets, and after a fire was reduced to a small stand for 1,220 people. Demolition began on 5 November 2012 and the site is now a parking lot.
The stadium was built in 1941 by the State Railway Company with an original capacity around 31,000 seats. A fire later reduced its size significantly before the site faced demolition in 2012.
The ground was home to Ferroviarios and, at times, Deportes Cerro Navia. Its eastern side held a hockey-skating rink used by Universidad de Santiago, and women's football teams trained here and achieved strong results. The complex belonged to the state railway company EFE, which lent it to three entities through INVIA.
The stadium stood at Ramón Subercaseux N°3060, between Santa Margarita and San Alfonso streets, in Estación Central on the border with Santiago commune. Demolition began on 5 November 2012 and took about twenty-five days; the site now operates as a parking lot, so nothing of the stands remains to visit.
The site is now a parking lot, not a stadium: demolition began on 5 November 2012 and took about twenty-five days. Until then the ground had stood derelict for over a decade, after a 2008 remodelling project with new benches, new turf and a capacity increase failed for lack of money.
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