Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo is a

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, in Las Condes in the metropolitan region of

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. It is used mostly for home matches stadium of the Chilean top club CD Universidad Católica which also owns the stadium. The stadium was built in 1988 and currently holds 14,118 people. At the club's beginning, all sports were on ''Santa Rosa de las Condes'' Stadium, which is a big sport centre that is going to be demolished and transported to San Carlos. The club president of the time ''Manuel Vélez Samaniego'' decided to open this sports complex. By 1945, the club played as the home team at the ''Independencia Stadium'' which was demolished because of the financial problems of the club, and started to play at

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Stadium, the Santa Laura. In 1980, the idea of a new stadium comes out, the stadium was opened on September 4, 1988, the football stadium was not the whole complex, the stadium had also

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and some other sport fields. The highest attendance for a football match at San Carlos de Apoquindo to date is 20,936, for a 0–0 tie between Universidad Católica and

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on November 1, 1992.

Concerts

The stadium has hosted concerts by famous artists, spanning many different genres. * Roxette: April 25, 1992,

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: September 16, 1993, as can be heard on the album

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: April 14, 1994, The Bodyguard World Tour * Oasis: March 14, 1998,

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* Luis Miguel: November 7&8, 1997, Romances Tour * Avril Lavigne: September 15, 2005,

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* Pearl Jam: November 22 & 23, 2005. * Queen + Paul Rodgers: November 19, 2008.

Video clips & music

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" clip was filmed in the dresser rooms of the stadium. Roxette's hit "

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" (Live In San Carlos de Apoquindo) was included in their ''

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'' album (1992). In the booklet it reads: Vocals:

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/ Backing vocals: 45.000 Chilean fans.

References

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