Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, Football stadium in Floridablanca, Colombia
Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado is a football stadium in Floridablanca, Santander, part of the Unidad Deportiva Álvaro Gómez Hurtado. It has a pitch surrounded by a western stand and later north and south stands, giving a capacity of 12,000 spectators. The complex also holds an indoor coliseum seating 2,000 for futsal, basketball, volleyball and cheerleading.
The stadium and its adjoining coliseum opened in 1996 for the XV National Sports Games held in Santander, hosting the football competitions. It is named after Colombian political leader Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, assassinated in Bogotá the previous year. A 2013 remodeling funded by businessman Carlos Ardila Lülle added the north and south stands, raising capacity from 5,000 to 12,000.
The stadium and the surrounding Unidad Deportiva carry the name of Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, the Colombian political leader assassinated in Bogotá in 1995, the year before the venue opened. After businessman Carlos Ardila Lülle funded its 2013 remodelling, Santander trade unions proposed renaming it after him instead, a debate that shows how closely the ground is tied to local football patronage.
The stadium sits within the Unidad Deportiva Álvaro Gómez Hurtado in Floridablanca, sharing the complex with a covered coliseum seating 2,000 for futsal, basketball, volleyball and cheerleading. The ground holds 12,000 spectators in west, north and south stands, and its lighting was completed in 2014. Check which stand your ticket names before choosing an entrance.
The stadium is part of the Unidad Deportiva Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, which also holds an indoor coliseum seating 2,000 for futsal, basketball, volleyball and cheerleading. The complex and its Olympic village are named after the politician Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, assassinated in Bogotá in 1995, the year before the 1996 National Sports Games opening.
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