Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid, Football stadium in Neiva, Colombia.
Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid is a football stadium in the La Libertad neighbourhood of Neiva, opened on 28 November 1980. Its stands were reduced after a 2016 concrete-slab collapse killed four workers; the eastern stand was finished in July 2023 with room for 12,000, while the western stand remains in poor condition.
The site was originally a minefield during the 1950s until local youth groups cleared it and transformed it into a soccer field. This grassroots effort turned a dangerous area into a space for community and sport.
The stadium is named after Guillermo Plazas Alcid, the mayor who led the 1964 "marcha del ladrillo" that pushed its construction. Atlético Huila won the Primera B title here in 1992 and 1997, and the ground hosted the 1980 National Sports Games opening.
Since 28 October 2025 Dimayor has banned the stadium for professional matches after a National University of Colombia study found structural damage; Atlético Huila left the city to play elsewhere. The western stand remains in very poor condition, while the eastern stand was finished in July 2023 with room for 12,000. Check the current status before travelling to a match.
On 28 October 2025, Dimayor and a National University of Colombia study declared the stadium unfit for professional football due to structural damage, with a risk of stands collapsing onto the locker rooms. Atlético Huila then left Neiva to play elsewhere.
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