Estadio Obras Sanitarias (also known as Arena Obras Sanitarias and Templo del Rock) is an

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that is located in

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. The arena, home venue of club

Obras Sanitarias Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (mostly known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is an Argentina, Argentine professional sports club that is located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. Although originally conceived as a rugb ...

, is mainly used to host

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games and

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s. It has a capacity of 3,100 people for basketball games, and 4,700 people for concerts.

History

Estadio Obras Sanitarias was opened in June 1978. Over the years, the arena has been one of two home venues often used by the sports club

, with the other being the Polideportivo Municipal de San Rafael. The arena has hosted the

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tournament four times. It hosted the FIBA Intercontinental Cup's 1978 edition,X Intercontinental Cup (Buenos Aires 1978)
/ref> the 1983 edition,XV Intercontinental Cup (Buenos Aires 1983)
/ref> in which the local club Obras Sanitarias won the title, the 1986 edition, in which Žalgiris Kaunas won the title,XVIII Intercontinental Cup (Buenos Aires 1986)
/ref> and also the 2021 edition. During its history, the arena has also hosted numerous musical concerts, particularly

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, which has led to the arena being given the nickname of "Templo del Rock" ("Temple of Rock"). From 2006 to 2012, the arena had the name sponsorship of Estadio Pepsi Music (Pepsi Music Stadium), as part of a multinational marketing campaign of the

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, which sponsored rock festivals and concerts at the arena.

Concerts held

Live albums

Some of the live albums and DVDs recorded at this stadium include: *

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- That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires *

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- Live...Buenos Aires '94 *

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- Trapos *

Bersuit Vergarabat Bersuit Vergarabat is an Argentine rock band that formed formally in 1987. History The previous name of the band (from 1987 to May 1989) was ''Henry y la Palangana''. By the end of 1989, the band had changed name several times, adopting nonse ...

De la Cabeza ''De la Cabeza'' is the sixth album by the Argentine Rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 2002. It is the only live album of the band, recorded at the '' Obras Sanitarias Stadium'' in Buenos Aires, and at the ''Haedo's ShowCenter''. Featur ...

* Almafuerte - En Vivo Obras 2001 *

La Renga La Renga is a hard rock Argentine band, formed in 1988. They had moderate success with the albums '' A Dónde Me Lleva La Vida'' and ''Bailando en una pata'', between 1993 and 1995, but it was the release of Despedazado por Mil Partes, in 1996 ...

Bailando en una pata ''Bailando En Una Pata'' is the third album by the Argentine hard rock band La Renga. It contains songs from '' Esquivando Charcos'' performed live and recorded at the Arena Obras Sanitarias. It was edited in "El Pie" Studios in July, 1995. The ...

Hermética Hermética was an Argentine thrash metal band from San Martín, Buenos Aires. It was formed by bassist Ricardo Iorio in 1987 after his previous band, V8, disbanded. Hermética was signed to the independent record label Radio Trípoli Discos th ...

- Lo último *

Serú Girán Serú Girán was an Argentine rock supergroup. Formed in 1978, the group consisted of Charly García ( keyboards, synthesizers and vocals), David Lebón (guitars and vocals), Oscar Moro (drums and percussion) and Pedro Aznar (electric and fret ...

- No llores por mí, Argentina

References

External links

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