Nuevo Gasómetro (; , named after the club's former venue,
El Gasómetro), officially known as Pedro Bidegain Stadium (, ; named after the club's former president Pedro Bidegain) is an
association football
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stadium
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in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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.
Located in the
southern part of the
Flores
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district, it is the home of
San Lorenzo.
History
After playing their home games in other stadiums, the ''Nuevo Gasómetro'' was inaugurated in a friendly match v Chilean club
Universidad Católica. The first official match held in the stadium was San Lorenzo 1 v
Belgrano (C) 0.
The stadium was named after Pedro Bidegain, president of the club between 1929 and 1930. The stadium has the bigger field of Argentina, measuring 110 x 70 meters.
Since its inauguration, the stadium has been refurbished several times, starting in 1997 with the construction of new grandstands on its sides. In 2014, the lighting was completely renovated.
Sporting events
The Pedro Bidegain stadium has not been a current venue for matches of national football teams, with only three games hosted there. National sides to have played at Pedro Bidegain were
Bolivia
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,
Colombia
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,
Senegal
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, and
Jordan
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.
Return to Boedo
San Lorenzo fans wish to return to their original home (Viejo Gasómetro), and won a court action saying that supermarket chain
Carrefour
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should sell back the land that their supermarket is now built on. In July 2019, the club took ownership of the land where the ''Viejo Gasómetro'' stood.
Crónica de la última utopía de San Lorenzo
by Julián Zocchi on Infobae, 1 Jul 2019
See also
* List of football stadiums in Argentina
*Lists of stadiums
The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues.
Combined lists
*List of stadiums by capacity
* List of c ...
References
External links
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1993 establishments in Argentina
Sports venues completed in 1993