GUILLERMO PLAZAS ALCID, Olympic stadium in Cali, Colombia.

The Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero is a football stadium in the San Fernando district of Cali. An oval bowl of blue and white tiers surrounds a green pitch enclosed by a blue running track, with a curved roof over the far stand, floodlight towers at the corners, and green hills behind.

The poet Pascual Guerrero offered land in San Fernando, and the stadium opened on 20 July 1937 as Estadio Departamental, during Cali's fourth centenary, with President Alfonso López Pumarejo present. It was expanded for the 1954 National Games and rebuilt for the 1971 Pan American Games, when an eight-lane tartan track was added. Renovations for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup reduced capacity to 35,405 seats.

The stadium's name honours the poet Pascual Guerrero, who in 1935 asked the department to build a ground on land he offered. Each December it hosts the Super Concert during the Feria de Cali, held from 25 to 30 December; in the 1980s a Festival de Orquestas ran about twelve hours in a single day.

The stadium is centrally located in Cali and accessible by public transport or taxi. Plan to arrive early to explore the grounds and find your preferred seating area.

The stadium hosted major sporting competitions that helped put Cali on the map as a sports hub in South America. This legacy continues to shape its role in the region today.