The Estadio Tomás A. Ducó is a
stadium
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in
Argentina
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, located in the
Parque Patricios
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Parque Patricios underwent a transformation during the beginning of the 1900s. The government moved the main slaughterhou ...
neighborhood of
Buenos Aires
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. The stadium is the home ground of
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán () is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its football team, that currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football ...
and has a capacity of 48,314.
Inaugurated in 1924 and totally refurbished in 1949, the stadium was named after lieutenant colonel Tomás Adolfo Ducó, president of Club huracán in three periods (1938–45, 1949, 1952–54) and regarded as the most notable chairman in the history of the institution, apart of being the promoter of the stadium's reconstruction in the 1940s.
[El recuerdo del influyente Tomás A. Ducó]
on Diario Popular, 3 Feb 2018
History
Jorge Newbery
The first field of C.A. Huracán was a land on Arenas street that belonged to the Municipality of Buenos Aires. The club rented that land from 1911 to 1913, when the Municipal authorities forced the club to leave the land and to establish in another place. In 1914 Huracán moved to Chiclana avenue, near to
San Lorenzo de Almagro
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venue on La Plata Avenue. Playing its home games there, Huracán won its first
Primera División titles in
1921
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1922
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. One year later, Huracán left that field.
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, had a capacity for 12,000 people and was named after Argentine aviator Jorge Newbery
Jorge Alejandro Newbery Malagarie (27 May 1875 – 1 March 1914) was an Argentine aviator, civil servant, engineer and scientist.
Early and personal life
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, from whose balloon
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the club had taken inspiration for its badge. Newbery would also an usual collaborator of the club and even honorary president.["Huracán", stadium history on Viejos Estadios blogsite] Huracán played its home games there when the club won the 1925
Events January
* January 1
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and 1928
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league titles. By the mid-1930s, the stadium had increased its capacity to near 40,000.[
The stadium had also a concrete-made ]race track
A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing). A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also u ...
for motorcycle racing
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, also used for track cycling
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History
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. Competitions were held during the 1920s and 1930s.[
In April 1939 the club acquired the land –at a cost of $ 700,000– to remodel the stadium. The National Government granted C.A. Huracán a loan to build its new home venue.
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Tomás Adolfo Ducó
Works started in October 1941, under the direction of architects Curutchet, Giraldez & Olivera through their firm "CGO". The studio had designed the current Casa de la Moneda building in 1941. Works on Huracán's stadium lasted about six years, during which the club was granted another loan ($1,553,472) to finish the construction.
The remodeled stadium (works included the replacement of wooden grandstands by structures of concrete) was re-opened on September 7, 1947, in a Primera División match v Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
. Huracán won 4–3.[El Palacio Tomás Ducó]
by Carlos Ruiz, June 2009 Nevertheless, it was officially inaugurated on November 10, 1949, when Huracán beat Uruguayan side Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
4–1.
In September 1967 the stadium was named "Tomás Adolfo Ducó", honoring the club's most notable president, who was also the main mover in the construction of the stadium, and a former player.[
Ducó was imprisoned and confined to ]Martín García Island
Martín García Island ( es, Isla Martín García) is an island in the Río de la Plata. The island is in Uruguayan waters but in 1973 Uruguay and Argentina reached an agreement establishing Martín García as Argentine territory and a nature r ...
. After being released, he returned to Huracán, being elected again as president of the club in 1949.
Other events
The stadium has been hosted several music concerts, mainly of local rock bands. Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
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gave their first concert in a stadium at Huracán in 1993, with more than 80,000 spectators.
Hard rock
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band La Renga
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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 ...
performed in Huracán in 1999 with an attendance of 60,000. The band returned to the Ducó to record their live album ''Insoportablemente Vivo
''Insoportablemente Vivo'' is the seventh album and the second live album by the rock band La Renga. It was recorded at the Huracán Athletic Club stadium on May 19, 2001. It has two unedited songs: ''Un Tiempo Fuera De Casa'' and ''Oportunidad O ...
'' in 2001. They also recorded another live album, ''En el Ojo del Huracán'' five years later. The ''Palacio'' Ducó became a frequent venue for the band, giving new concerts in 2017. Another Argentine rock band, Los Piojos
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Unlike most suburban outfits, however, their style evolved significantly with each successive album, not only deve ...
, recorded a live album at Huracán in 2001.
In popular culture
The Tomás A. Ducó stadium was the first of Argentine football to appear on an Academy Awards
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-winning movie, ''The Secret in Their Eyes
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'' ("El Secreto de Sus Ojos"). In the movie, Inspector Espósito (played by Ricardo Darín
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Considered one of the greatest and most acclaimed movie stars ...
and his collaborator Sandoval (Guillermo Francella
Guillermo Héctor Francella (born February 14, 1955) is an Argentine actor and comedian. Besides a long history of working as a television leading man, he also has a varied theatrical and film career. Francella is widely regarded by experts and c ...
) attend a Huracán v Racing
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match –held in ''Palacio Ducó''– in search of a murder suspect, knowing he was a strong Racing supporter.
The phrase about the suspect's passion for a team ("The guy may change anything; his face, house, family, girlfriend, religion, God. But there is a thing that he can't change: his passion") became one of the most memorable moments of the film, not only to describe the character but the Argentine passion for football
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.Hay una cosa que no puede cambiar
by Alberto Barbero on ''Marca'', 9 Dec 2016
References
External links
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Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó photos at World Stadiums
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