Estadio Nacional de Chile

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The Estadio Nacional de Chile is located at Santiago, Chile in the commune of Ñuñoa. It is a sports complex and leisures of 64 hectares, where seat the national selection of football of Chile. Its titular club is the Universidad de Chile, which rents the stage to play. Also, it reception of the significant events like concerts and other celebrations.

History

It was built where was located the Campos de Sports of Ñuñoa (where was located leaves old will chacra Lo Valdivieso ). These grounds were given by the philanthropist Jose Domingo Cañas in 1918 for the leisures of the population.

The “Coloso de Ñuñoa” is inaugurated the December 3rd 1938 by the President of the Republic Arturo Alessandri Palma. This White elephant as called it sometimes Alessandri is planned by the architect and Austrian town planner , Karl Brunner like a great sporting center and leisures for the capital. He is declared of public utility in the first Plan Inter-commune Subway for Santiago .

For its design architecture (while holding as obligatory reference the Olympic stadium of Berlin) is the property of the architects Anibal Fuenzalida, Roberto Cormatches and Ricardo Muller. Construction is carried out between 1937 and 1938. Originally it had a less capacity because of presence of the Vélodrome in its interior. At the time of Football world cup of 1962, the stage is completely reorganized, by increasing comfort and by removing the cycle-racing track.

Nowadays, Estadio Nacional is managed by the Instituto Nacional de Deportes of Chile (Chiledeportes) and was declared like National Historic building .

Prison camps

According to information coming from the National Commission over the prisons policy and torture , Estadio Nacional at summer used like prison camp between September and November 1973, lasting the government of Augusto Pinochet, following the coup d'etat of 1973.

The prisoners were divided by sex, while locking up by group of six people. The cycle-racing track was used to carry out the interrogations.

For these events of Ñuñoa, 40.000 prisoners roughly passed by the stage, including one great number have transferred to Prison camp from Chacabuco, located at 110 kilometers of Antofagasta. A great number of prisoners were killed.

Musical and social events

The Nacional also has accommodated various social events, as by the presence of the Pope Jean Paul II the April 2nd 1987 and of musical great events musical bruise like the macroconcert in favor of the Human rights, organized by Amnistie International, with groups like Sinead O' Connor, Sting, Peter Gabriel, New Kids one the Block, and the presentations of musical groups of rock'n'roll like Pink Guns, Lenny Kravitz, Los Prisioneros, Luis Miguel, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Roger Toilets, Rolling Stones, Stereo Soda, U2 inter alia.

Telethon in Estadio Nacional

Since 1995, the final stage, or better known as harms of fence profited from the handicapped children Telethon, was a great success in Estadio Nacional, the place sheltered more than 70.000 people for the night of fence. The years during which the Telethon finished in Estadio Nacional are: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and finally in 2006.

Match of the Football world cup of 1962

World championship Junior IAAF Coke year 2000

During the month of October 2000, with places the Ninth World Championship Junior of Athletics. It should be added that it is the first time that it is held in South America. This championship is carried out in Estadio Nacional.

Access

The Estadio Nacional is located in the commune of Ñuñoa, on Avda. Grecia #2001.

One can reach Estadio Nacional by the lines of following Autobus: 130,337,338,352,353,358,359,371,374,375,379,380,382,390,407,429,430,603,611,619,620,632,634,637,638,639,643,666 and 691.

Also one can reach it by the subway of Santiago, by the stations Ñuble and Irarrázaval.

References

Information of the National Commission on the prisons policy and tortures.

External bonds

Estadio Nacional in the Web site of Chiledeportes
Estadio Nacional in Google Maps

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