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The Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, commonly known as El Campín, is the main
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of
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, Colombia. It was inaugurated on 10 August 1938 and has a current capacity of 36,343 spectators. It is the home ground of the
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teams Millonarios F.C and Santa Fe. The stadium is named after
Nemesio Camacho Nemesio Camacho Macías (November 1869 - 7 May 1929) was a Colombian businessman and politician. The Stadium Nemesio Camacho in Bogotá is named after him. He was the manager of the Bank of the Republic, the Colombian Train of the Pacific an ...
, former manager of the then-existing streetcar system of Bogotá and also the father of Luis Camacho Matiz, the person who offered the land where the stadium would be constructed. The name Campín comes from a modification of the word "camping" because the area where the stadium currently stands was formerly a
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zone. It entered service as a football stadium around 1946, just in time to host the first national club tournament. It was used as the final venue for
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, where the Colombian team were crowned champions of the American continent defeating
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1–0. This stadium was one of the eight stadiums of the
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held by Colombia and hosted its closing ceremony.


History

In 1934,
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, then-mayor of Bogotá, had the idea to build a stadium for the pleasure of the citizens of Bogotá, taking advantage of the occasion provided by Bogotá's 400th anniversary, and also to host the
1938 Bolivarian Games The I Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos'') were a multi-sport event held between August 6–22, 1938, in Bogotá, Colombia, at the Estadio El Campín, for the city's 400th anniversary. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Spo ...
. Until the opening of Estadio El Campín, the only major football ground in the city was the relatively small ''La Merced'' ground. Shortly after, then-councilman Luis Camacho offered a land to the city of Bogotá where the new stadium could be constructed. At the time of the first Colombian Professional Football championship (
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), the stadium's capacity was of 23,500 seated persons. The stadium has been remodeled many times, and although the stadium's maximum capacity reached a maximum of 62,500 at 1968, capacity has since been decreased over time through various renovations. The first game hosted at El Campín was a soccer match between
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and
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, on August 10, 1938; Colombia lost 2–1.
Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...
has called El Campín their home ground since 1938, Santa Fe has played there since 1951. El Campín has been used several times to host matches of the Colombia national team, most notably the
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final against
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. El Campín was one of the many football grounds that could have been affected by
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's decision to forbid playing international football in places located above 2500 meters above sea level, but FIFA has since allowed international FIFA games in this stadium.


Concerts

Until the field was renovated in 2005, many musical concerts were held in the stadium. Concerts and other cultural events were soon banned to protect the grass on the field. Concerts were then held at the
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, Palacio de los Deportes Arena,
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, Plaza de Toros de Santamaria, Jaime Duque Park and
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. December 15, 2011 the Congress approved a law that requires mayors to provide the use of stadiums in all Colombian cities at least once a month. Days later president
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approved the law. In consequence, since 2012 the stadium can be used again as venue for cultural events and it opens the possibility for great international singers to perform in Bogotá in 2012. The Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Sport and the Institute for Recreation and Sport (IDRD), utilized various techniques to determine the impact of large events on the grass of the sports arena. Tests simulated the effects of a large crowd on the field. "The first stage of the test consisted of pruning, surveying, geotechnical engineering and agronomy of 100 square meters of turf," said District. Also installed were protective devices that distributed weight and allowed photosynthesis to occur. Next a stage was installed and 400 graduates of the police auxiliary took the field, under which were placed the various turf protection elements, until a density of four persons per square meter was achieved, which is the density typical of large events. The staff entered at 4:00 pm and stayed until 10:00 pm. March 8, 2012 the Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Sport confirmed that the stadium would again, after a 4-year pause, host concerts and cultural events. On March 15, 2012 concert producer Fernan Martinez and Bogotá Mayor (Gustavo Petro) confirmed that
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would perform during his On the Run Tour on April 19, 2012 at the stadium. On March 27 at 4:00 p.m. tickets for the concert became available in TuBoleta and at 5:30 p.m. 75% of the tickets were already sold. It is expected for the show to sold all the tickets in less than 24 hours. On March 27 tickets started to be sold at 4:00 p.m. and one hour and a half later 75% of the tickets were already sold. 24 hours after 90% of the tickets were already sold.
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performed as part of her
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on November 6, 2012 at the stadium in front of 30,546 people.
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performed on October 29, 2013 in the stadium during his
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British boyband
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performed at the stadium for the very first time in
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on April 25, 2014 during their Where We Are Stadium Tour 2014. Tickets for the show sold out in a record time, prompting concert producers to add an extra 6,000 tickets which also sold out the first day they became available for a total of 36,386 tickets sold by December 21, 2013.
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holds the artist record for most events held at the stadium, having performed 5 shows since her first tour. The
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performed for the first time in Colombia at the stadium on January 31, 2015.
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performed for the first time in Colombia during their Olé Tour on March 10, 2016 at the stadium in front of an estimated 45,000 people. U2 performed for the first time in Colombia as part of their Joshua Tree Tour 2017 on October 7, 2017, also to an estimated audience of 45,000 people.
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performed at the stadium on September 16 and 17, 2022 as part of their
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, featuring opening act
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.
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will perform at the stadium on 4 October 2023 as part of his
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.


References


External links


Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín" at Google Maps
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Estadio El Campin 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 ...
Estadio El Campin 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 ...
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