Campus Municipal de Maldonado, Municipal sports complex in Maldonado, Uruguay
Campus Municipal de Maldonado is a sports complex in Maldonado, Uruguay, whose current layout was set in the mid-1990s for the 1995 Copa América. It holds the Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel, built over a pre-existing football pitch, plus an athletics track, an Olympic-size pool, three tennis courts, a basketball court, a gymnasium and a frontón court.
The site began as the Campo Municipal de los Deportes, inaugurated on 9 July 1944. Its present layout took shape in the mid-1990s with works for the 1995 Copa América, when the Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel was built over an existing football pitch and other facilities were added and upgraded.
The complex serves as host for the Punta del Este Seven, an annual rugby tournament that draws international teams and establishes the region as a major sporting hub.
The complex lies in Maldonado city and is organised around the Domingo Burgueño Miguel Stadium, with the athletics track, Olympic pool, three tennis courts, basketball court, gym and frontón court grouped on the same grounds. It has warm-up and massage rooms, a gym and accommodation areas for sports delegations, plus press facilities and a room for authorities and guests.
The Olympic-size pool hosted the South American Swimming Championships in 1994 and again in 2004. The complex also stages non-sporting events, including artistic, cultural and religious gatherings, and its facilities include warm-up and massage rooms plus accommodation areas for visiting delegations.
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