Gualeguaychú Sambadrome, parade area for the samba schools in Gualeguaychu

The Gualeguaychú Sambadrome is a 500-metre-long parade venue with a 10-metre-wide track, built on the site of the former railway station. It holds about 35,000 spectators and is the first sambadrome in Argentina. The grounds also contain the Parque de la Estación, the Centro de Convenciones and the Museo del Carnaval.

The amphitheatre opened in 1997 and became a turning point for carnival celebrations in the Entre Ríos region. The new venue allowed the community to host their festivities on a larger scale and with better conditions for watching.

The venue hosts the Carnaval del País, whose parade nights feature comparsas (carnival ensembles) rather than samba schools. The site is also used for national holidays such as 25 May and the 9 July parade, and for marathons that run through the corsódromo. In 2020 the grounds were renamed José Luis Gestro, after a carnival animator and promoter of the venue who died in 1999 at age 33.

The sambadrome occupies the site of Gualeguaychú's old railway station, sharing the grounds with the Parque de la Estación, the Centro de Convenciones and the Museo del Carnaval. The parade track runs 500 metres with a usable width of 10 metres, so the far side of the route is a long walk from the entrance. The complex is named José Luis Gestro since August 2020.

The grounds of the old railway station were renamed José Luis Gestro on 14 August 2020 by the city council, honouring a carnival presenter and driving force behind the sambadrome who died in 1999 at the age of 33. The site also holds the Parque de la Estación, the Centro de Convenciones and, since 18 May 2019, the Museo del Carnaval.