Estadio Saroldi (full name: Parque Federico Omar Saroldi) is a multi-use

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium holds 6,000 all seated. Originally, the stadium was named as "Olimpia Park", as it served as home to Olimpia. After River Plate's goalkeeper

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was fatally injured, during a match between his team and

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, the stadium starting to hold goalkeeper's name.

Ephemeris

* 1990:

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used Estadio Saroldi, as it home stadium, for 1990

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. * 1996 and 1998: River Plate played its

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matches against Porongos,

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and

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. * 2003: The stadium was also used by the Teros for 2003 Rugby World Cup's qualification matches during 2002

References

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