Estadio Sierra Nevada, football stadium in Colombia
Estadio Sierra Nevada is a football stadium in the Bureche sector, south of Santa Marta, Colombia. It has a grass pitch, a blue running track around it and low stands of blue seats in lower and upper tiers, with a dark roof canopy and a row of white lights along the far side. Its designed capacity is 16,162.
The stadium opened in 2017 and replaced the aging Estadio Eduardo Santos, which had safety concerns and could not host major events. The opening ceremony coincided with the Bolivarian Games, an international sporting event held in Santa Marta that year.
The name Sierra Nevada, announced by mayor Rafael Martínez in October 2017, refers to the mountain range above Santa Marta; he said it honours the Kogis and values meant as an example for future generations. Unión Magdalena returned to the city after 1,591 days without playing there, facing Atlético F.C. on 25 February 2018.
The stadium stands in the Bureche sector in the south of Santa Marta, within a 34-hectare lot that forms the Villa Bolivariana. It can be reached by car and by public transport. The western tribune was still incomplete when the 2017 Bolivarian Games opened there.
The stadium has no athletics track: the 2017 Bolivarian Games athletics events were held at a separate annex stadium built for that sport. The main venue hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the men's U-17 football tournament, even though its western tribune was still unfinished at the time.
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