Estadio G.E.B.A.

Estadio GEBA

A view of the stadium in 1902, during an association football match.
Full name Estadio Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires
Location Av. Cnel. M. Freyre 3831
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Coordinates 34°34′3.96″S 58°25′7.78″W / 34.5677667°S 58.4188278°W / -34.5677667; -58.4188278
Capacity 18,000
Surface Grass
Tenants
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires
Alumni (in white shorts) playing Porteño at Gimnasia y Esgrima, 1911.

The Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires stadium (mostly known as "Estadio GEBA") is a multi-use stadium in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the home ground of the association football and rugby union teams of the club and was the stadium where all games of the first Copa America (held in Buenos Aires in 1916) were played.[1] Legendary team Alumni played its last official game (the 1911 championship playoff vs. Porteño) at Gimnasia y Esgrima before being dissolved that same year.[2]

The stadium is located on the "Sede Jorge Newbery",[3][4] one of the three facilities of the club. Its current capacity is 18,000 spectators.

In rugby union, it was a frequent home venue for the Argentina national team through the 1960s, but hosted only three matches after that decade, as the Pumas started using larger stadiums; the Pumas' last match at the ground was in 1993.[5]

Nowadays the stadium is mostly used for music concerts.

Music concerts

The club usually rents two of its facilities for concerts and events, being the Jorge Newbery facility the most used for those purposes. Many international artists touring on Argentina have played at Estadio GEBA.[6] A list of artists performing there includes:

References

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  1. ↑ Southamerican Championship 1916 at RSSSF
  2. ↑ Argentina 1911 at RSSSF
  3. ↑ Estadio GEBA at VuenosAirez.com
  4. ↑ Estadio GEBA at Time for Fun website
  5. ↑ "Statsguru / Test matches / Team records (Argentina at GEBA, Buenos Aires)". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  6. ↑ "Estadio GEBA sede Jorge Newbery" on Entradasx.com
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