Estadio La Independencia (Spanish for The Independence Stadium) is a multi-use
stadium
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in the city of
Tunja
Tunja () is a city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 it had a population of 172,548 inhabitants. It is the capital of Boyacá department an ...
, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people, and is 2,800 metres above sea level.
Boyacá Chicó Boyacá is the name of a region in Colombia. It may refer to other connections to Colombia:
* Battle of Boyacá
* Boyacá Department (Gran Colombia)
* Boyacá Department
** Boyacá, Boyacá, a municipality
* Boyacá State, a former state
* P ...
and
Patriotas play their home games at this stadium.
Before Boyaca Chico's
2008 Apertura league title in June 2008, the stadium's capacity was 8,000, but for the final the capacity was temporarily expanded to 12,000. Also with Chico's qualification to
2009 Copa Libertadores
The 2009 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2009 Copa Santander Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament.
The ...
, the stadium was due to be expanded, in order to achieve the minimum 20000 seats that
CONMEBOL
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requires to host an international match. The expansion work started in December 2008, with a total cost of 26 million
COP. Despite this, the renovations were completed for the first Chicó match at La Independencia, against Brazil's
Gremio in the Copa Libertadores.
Since the beginning of 2017, improvements have been made due to the participation of
Patriotas Boyaca. in the
2017 Copa Sudamericana
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Argent ...
. The stadium has been the main venue for musical and cultural events, including concerts of international singers such as
Marc Anthony
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,
Alejandro Fernández,
among others.
References
External links
World Stadiums; La IndependenciaCuenta oficial de twitter de Patriotas F.C.Instituto de deportes de Boyacá
La Independencia
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Buildings and structures in Boyacá Department
Buildings and structures in Tunja
Boyacá Chicó F.C.
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