Estadio La Pampilla, Soccer stadium in Pampilla district, Coquimbo, Chile
Estadio La Pampilla is a soccer stadium inside Parque La Pampilla in Coquimbo, built mainly with remains of the old Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso. It opened on 27 July 2008, when Coquimbo Unido beat Curicó Unido 2-0. In 2015 four lighting towers and its own power generator were installed under the Chilestadios plan of the Instituto Nacional del Deporte.
The stadium opened in 2008 and was built using materials from the nearby Sanchez Rumoroso Stadium. This construction reflected the need for a secondary venue in the local football scene.
The venue is used by Coquimbo Unido soccer team when their main stadium is unavailable, making it central to local sports life. For fans in the area, it remains a familiar gathering place for watching professional football.
The site is easily located in the Pampilla area and provides sufficient seating for typical match attendance. Evening events are well-lit thanks to the four lighting towers, making for good visibility throughout the ground.
The stadium was built inside Parque La Pampilla, which gave it its name, largely from the remains of the old Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, demolished for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Its floodlights, four towers plus a generator, were inaugurated in 2015 under the IND's Chilestadios plan at a cost of about 70 million pesos.
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