Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Football stadium in Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Estadio Pedro Bidegain is a football venue in Flores, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, and serves as home to one of the city's best-known clubs. The playing field measures 110 by 70 meters and is supported by an advanced drainage system as well as natural grass maintained throughout the year.
After the military government seized the original Viejo Gasómetro in 1979, San Lorenzo constructed this new venue, which opened on December 16, 1993. The opening marked the club's return to having its own home after years without a permanent ground.
This ground is the home of San Lorenzo de Almagro, a club deeply tied to the Boedo neighborhood, even though the venue now stands in Flores. Thousands of supporters gather here to back their team and sing songs that have been part of match days for decades.
The ground sits on Avenida General Francisco Fernández de la Cruz, between Perito Moreno and Varela avenues, in southern Flores. Buses 23, 42, 44, 46, 50, 76, 101, 132, 143, 150 and 193 stop within about ten blocks, as do Villa Soldati station on the Belgrano Sur line and the Balbastro, Ana María Janer and Fernández de la Cruz Premetro stops. Capacity is roughly 47,964, split between the Popular Oeste (17,442), Popular Este (16,087), Platea Sur (9,105) and the two North stands.
Pedro Bidegain was club president between 1929 and 1930, and the stadium carries his name; the popular name Nuevo Gasómetro refers back to El Gasómetro, the club's former ground. The venue was built in 52 weeks and inaugurated on 16 December 1993 under president Fernando Miele.
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