Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia, Soccer stadium in Panama City, Panama
Cancha de Entrenamiento Luis Tapia is a soccer stadium located within the Irving Saladino Sports Complex in Panama City. The field features artificial turf and has seating capacity for approximately 900 spectators.
The stadium opened on January 22, 2009, during President Martín Torrijos's administration, with an inaugural match between youth teams from Siglo XXI and Chorrillo FC. A roof was added over the main section in 2012 to improve conditions for spectators and players.
The court is named after Luis Ernesto "Cascarita" Tapia, a Panamanian footballer famous in the 1960s and 1970s and called the "Central-American Pele". The name was proposed by former national team player and official Alfonso "Foncho" Mendez, and Pandeportes selected it from five proposals in September 2010. The field also hosts men's and women's flag football leagues.
The field is an alternate pitch to the Estadio Rommel Fernández and serves as a training ground for the Panama national team; clubs of the Panamanian Football League also train here. Alianza FC and Sporting San Miguelito played league matches on it until the 2019 Clausura. The main stand has been roofed since 2012, and men's and women's flag football leagues use the field as well.
The facility received a roof extension over its main section in 2012 as part of a renovation project supported by local authorities. This addition transformed the spectator experience by providing protection from Panama City's frequent tropical weather.
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