The Estadio Luis Conde (also known as ''La Bombonerita'', honoring famous Boca Juniors football stadium,

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) is an indoor arena located in

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. Owned by

Club Atlético 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 ...

, the stadium is the home venue for club's

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volleyball teams, that compete at the LNB and Serie A1, respectively.

Overview

The arena, opened in June 1996, has a capacity for 2,400 people. Boca Juniors played its local games there during the 2002-03, 2003–04, 2004-04 and 2006-07 LNB finals. The Luis Conde stadium was also used by San Martín de Corrientes when the team played the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso finals in 2012-13 because of the Corrientes venue had been closed. The Boca Juniors volleyball team played the 1996-97 and 2011-12 Liga A1 finals at the Luis Conde. In 1996 Boca played

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but lost the title. Other tournament played there by Boca Juniors was the 2012 Copa Master, although the team did not qualify for the finals. Boca reached another final in 2012 but lost to UPCN San Juan."UPCN de San Juan se consagró bicampeón de la Liga Argentina"
, Diario Uno, Sep 2014

References

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