The Estadio Tomás Beggan Correa is a football stadium in the neighborhood of
Ricardo Brugada
Ricardo Brugada, mostly known as La Chacarita, is a neighbourhood of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. It is a shanty town and one of the poorest locations in the entire country. Approximately 20,000 people live there. It is located in the cen ...
, a.k.a. La Chacarita, in the city of
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...
, Paraguay. It has a capacity of 3,500 seats.
It is the home venue of
Primera División club
Resistencia.
The name of the stadium is in honor of a former president of the club, under whose mandate the club's first official title was achieved in 1966.
During the flooding of the
Paraguay River
The Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. It flows about from its headwaters in ...
at the end of 2015, the field was reached by the waters and the facilities were severely affected.
In December 2016, on the
club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
's 99th anniversary, the project to expand the stadium's capacity to around 6,500 people was launched.
References
Football venues in Paraguay
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