Estadio Raúl Conti
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Estadio Raúl Conti is a
stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in Puerto Madryn,
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. Inaugurated on May 25, 1967,El estadio Raúl Conti cumplió 53 años
on Superdepor.com.ar
it is the home venue of local club
Guillermo Brown William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown or ''Almirante'' Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine admiral. Brown's successes in the Argentine War of Independence, the Cisplatine War and the Anglo-Frenc ...
. The stadium has a capacity for 15,000 spectators. It is also used for
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
matches of local clubs such as Puerto Madryn Rugby Club. The Argentina national rugby team played at the ground in 2006, winning 27–25 against
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. It was the first time Argentina played a test match in Puerto Madryn.El día que Los Pumas jugaron en el Conti
at Solo Ascenso, 6 May 2020
The stadium is one of the three stadiums with higher capacity in the region, along with Estadio Cayetano Castro (Racing de Trelew) and ''El Fortín'' (Germinal de Rawson). It was named after Raúl Conti, an executive of Club Guillermo Brown that promoted its construction.Y 44 años más tarde, el estadio Raúl Conti se hizo “Nacional”
on Diario Jornada - 24 May 2011


History

In May 1961, the Secretary of the Navy of Argentina gave Club Guillermo Brown a land after arrangements made by club presidents Norberto Rico and Salustiano Sebastián Eguillor during their respective tenures. The land had an estimated surface of 50,000 m2. The stadium was inaugurated on May 25, 1967, after three years of construction. The venue also had
running Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...
and
horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...
tracks. It had a cement grandstand with a capacity for 500 people, and three changing rooms (for the home team, visitor and referees), and a broadcast booth. Under the presidency of Carlos Eliceche, in 2000 the
grass Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
pitch was inaugurated. Years later, the capacity was increased from 8,000 to 15,000 people on the occasion of the unprecedented Los Pumas vs Wales test match, in June 2006. The stadium was at its full capacity for that test match.


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