The Estadio Pedro Bidegain
[Estadio Pedro Bidegain]
on San Lorenzo website (), more often known as El Nuevo Gasómetro, is the home stadium of Club
San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
, located in
Bajo Flores
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It is separated from the rest of the neighborhood by the Moreno, Balbastro, Varela and Castañares Avenues. Due to the Law 2329, signed on the 10 May, 200 ...
neighborhood of
Buenos Aires
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city.
This stadium is the successor of San Lorenzo's old ground, the historic ''
Viejo Gasómetro'' in nearby
Boedo
Boedo is a working-class ''barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The neighborhood and one of its principal streets were named after Mariano Boedo, a leading figure in the Argentine independence.
It is the home of San Lorenzo de A ...
, that had been inaugurated in 1916 and then expropriated by the
military government
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in 1979.
["El Gasómetro" on Viejos Estadios blogsite]
History
After playing their home games in other stadiums, the ''Nuevo Gasómetro'' was inaugurated in a friendly match v Chilean club
Universidad Católica.
Un sueño de cemento y corazón
on ''El Gráfico'', 17 Mar 2020 The first official match held in the stadium was San Lorenzo 1 v Belgrano (C) 0.
The stadium was named after Pedro Bidegain, president of the club between 1929 and 1930. The stadium has the bigger field of Argentina, measuring 110 x 70 meters.Sueño grande en campo chico
on ''ClarÃn''
on Mundo Azulgrana, 16 Sep 2011
Since its inauguration, the stadium has been refurbished several times, starting in 1997 with the construction of new grandstands on its sides. In 2014, the lighting was completely renovated.
Sporting events
The Pedro Bidegain stadium has not been a current venue for matches of national football teams, with only three games hosted there. National sides to have played at Pedro Bidegain were Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
,Bolivia derrota a San Lorenzo
/ref> Colombia
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, Senegal
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,Colombia empata con Senegal
on El Cinco Cero and Jordan
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.Colombia vs Jordania
report on ESPN
Return to Boedo
San Lorenzo fans wish to return to their original home (Viejo Gasómetro), and won a court action saying that supermarket chain Carrefour
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should sell back the land that their supermarket is now built on.
by Julián Zocchi on Infobae, 1 Jul 2019
References
External links
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San Lorenzo de Almagro
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1993 establishments in Argentina