Unique Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Football stadium in La Plata, Argentina
Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona is a football stadium in La Plata, Argentina, built with concrete and steel and holding around 45,000 spectators beneath a continuous roof. The seating surrounds the pitch in four tiers, with each section connected by stairways and ramps.
Construction began in the late 1990s, and the stadium opened on June 7, 2003, to introduce a new generation of sporting venues in Argentina. After Diego Maradona's death in 2020, the facility took his name as a tribute to the player.
The stadium was renamed Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona after his death in November 2020, and one grandstand bears the name of Alejandro Sabella, a notable player from the city. Estudiantes and Gimnasia y Esgrima are not permanent tenants: Estudiantes played home games here between 2006 and 2019 while its Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium was rebuilt, and Gimnasia between 2006 and 2008.
The stadium lies in La Plata Partido and can be reached by several access roads and public transport, with parking available nearby. The facility usually opens several hours before kickoff, giving visitors enough time to enter.
The stadium hosted the 2011 Copa América and the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and in 2011 more than 300,000 concert tickets were sold here, ranking it fifth worldwide that year for performing-event tickets. One grandstand is named after Alejandro Sabella, a notable player from La Plata.
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