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Brigadier General Estanislao López Stadium, popularly known as ''The Elephant Graveyard'', is a
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stadium in
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. It was inaugurated in 1946 and is owned and operated by
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, which is based there. For a long time it has also been known as ''the Elephants Cemetery'', due to Colón's wins over notable teams that visited Santa Fe. One of them was the famous Santos of
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who fell 2-1 in 1964.Se cumplen 44 años de la tarde en que Colón conmovió al mundo
El Litoral, 10 May 2008
This Brazilian team had a record of 43 undefeated matches and was two-time
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champion at that time. The same Colón team later beat the Argentine team itself 2-0..ellitoral.com/index.php/diarios/2014/09/09/deportes/DEPO-02.html El día que Colón venció a la Selección
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Other teams that were defeated there were
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in 1967,=5 Government of Santa Fe
March 27, 1967
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, Olimpia, U de Chile,
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, among others. It currently has the capacity to hold 30,835 spectators,La verdadera capacidad del estadio de Colón: ¿cuántos hinchas entran en el Brigadier López?
on Aires de Santa Fe, 17 Apr 2023

''El Litoral''
and the dimensions of the playing field are 105 x 70 m. It is entirely surrounded by concrete grandstands, including an upper tray on the north, east, and south sides, plus outfitted boxes on the northwest and southwest elbows. The Argentina national football and
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teams played some friendly and test matches at Estadio Brigadier López. It was also one of the venues of the
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.


History

At the beginning, Colón played their home matches at a field, until in March 1938 the land was expropriated due to an unpaid debt so the club was evicted from that place. Because of that, Colón played its home games at the Gimnasia y Esgrima de Ciudadela Stadium and Estadio 15 de Abril. In 1939, C.A. Colón acquired a land to build a new stadium. After some delays, the stadium was finally inaugurated on 9 July 1946, with a friendly match between Colón and
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with an attendance of 10,000. On December 7, 1947, Eva Perón arrived in Santa Fe to inaugurate the Children's Hospital that bore her name. After that, he visited the Colón stadium and kicked off a classic from Santa Fe, of which the second half could not be completed because she took an hour to arrive due to the busy schedule and the stadium facilities still did not have lighting. On April 2, 1949, the lighting was finally inaugurated during the Colón 5–1
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match, thanks to a subsidy of $150,000 provided by the National Government. On September 18, 1950, the leaders of Colón managed to acquire a land adjoining the stadium, thanks to a loan of $750,000 granted by the National Government. The land itself was located in its southern sector, which, in the end, was acquired in cash for the sole purpose of continuing with the expansion of the stands. In 1952, the first section of cement on the west side was completed, which included 1,000 stalls. In this way, it increased its capacity to 20,000 people, becoming the one with the largest capacity in Santa Fe. That same year the stadium was named "
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" who had supported Colón's affiliation to the
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in 1948.el-centenario-de-su-nacimiento/ El vínculo de Colón con Eva Perón
at Aire de Santa Fe
and later financially help the institution for the construction of the first cement grandstands and artificial lighting. However, after the
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that overthrew
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, the names of the president and his wife were banned, so the stadium was renamed "Brigadier General Estanislao López" in honor of the Argentine
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who governed the
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between 1818 and 1838. In 2008, the club signed a contract with Wide Entertainment to place a
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in the stadium, at a cost of US dollar 500,000. One year later, the AFA chose the Brigadier López Stadium as one of the venues for the
2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international association football, football tournament for national ...
hosted in Argentina. That same year, the stadium was refurbished and expanded. Works included new grandstands, scoreboards, press boxes, and a renovated lighting system. Further refurbishment included 3,500 new seats and the replacement of damaged ones.


Sports events


Football

The stadium hosted the following matches of the
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Rugby union


Rugby U20 World Cup

In
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the stadium was one of the three venues of the World Rugby U-20 Championship. Some pool A and pool C matches and the playoffs were played at Colón Stadium.IRB Junior World Championship 2010
at World Rugby


Other rugby matches


Concerts

Estadio Brigadier López has hosted several concerts of Argentine and international bands, such as:


Notes


References


See also

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List of football stadiums in Argentina The following is a list of Association football, football stadiums in Argentina, ordered by capacity. Stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included. Below the list is another one with stadiums with a capacity below 10,000. Stadiums list ...
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External links

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Photos at stadionwelt.de
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