Estadio Telmo Carbajo, Cultural heritage stadium in Bellavista, Peru.
Estadio Telmo Carbajo is a football ground in Bellavista, Callao, whose east stand was closed after structural damage in the 1966 earthquake, leaving only the preferential stand, for about 5,000 spectators. A 2010 remodelling by the Instituto Peruano del Deporte and the Callao municipality added an artificial pitch and an athletics track, but the stands stayed unfit for official matches. In 2018 it became a sports complex with seven- and eleven-a-side football pitches, two clay tennis courts, two concrete tennis slabs and four concrete multi-sport slabs.
The stadium was first opened in 1927 as Estadio Modelo and was the only facility of its kind in Callao Province at that time. Later, several name changes were made to honor figures from football history.
The ground near the Pampa de la Mar Brava hosted the first football of British ship crews in the late 19th century, and the first Callao clubs, including Atlético Chalaco and later Sport Boys, took root there. In the late 1980s Sport Boys supporters pushed to reopen it for first-division matches; the last was on 8 October 1995, a 2-0 Sporting Cristal win marked by violence among the pink fans.
The stadium stands in Bellavista, Callao, near the Pampa de la Mar Brava. Since its 2018 conversion into a sports complex it holds a seven-a-side pitch, an eleven-a-side pitch, two clay tennis courts, two concrete tennis slabs and four concrete multi-sport slabs for futsal, basketball and volleyball. The 1990-listed facade was excluded from the 2010 remodelling, so look for it separately from the modern pitches.
The stadium's name was changed twice: in 1937 to honor a local football legend and then in 1949 to its current name. These name changes reflect the important role the place has played in local sports history.
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