Estadio Bicentenario Municipal Nelson Oyarzún is a stadium located in

Chillán Chillán () is the capital List of cities in Chile, city of Ñuble Region, Diguillín Province, Chile, located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the center of the country. It has been the capital of the new Ñuble Region since ...

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and owned by the Chillán municipality. It is home to

Ñublense Club Deportivo Ñublense () is a professional Association football, football team based in Chillán, Ñuble Region, Chile. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in Chile's Chilean Primera División, Primer ...

football club. It is named after Nelson Oyarzún Arenas, a Ñublense coach. It was inaugurated in 1961 and has a capacity of 12,000. In 2007 the stadium was selected as a venue for the

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, and to comply with

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standards, it was completely demolished and rebuilt (even the direction the pitch is facing was altered), its capacity was decreased from 17,500 to 12,000; and a roof covering all seats was built. The stadium was re-inaugurated on November 2, 2008.

Gallery

File:Estadio Municipal Nelson Oyarzún - 2007 - Bandera Gigante de Ñublense.jpg, Stadium in 2007, prior to reconstruction File:Inauguration of Nelson Oyarzun Municipal Stadium.jpg, Opening Ceremony of the new stadium, 2008.

References

External links

FIFA site
(archived 17 November 2007) Nelson Oyarzun Municipal Nelson Oyarzun Arenas Ñublense Sports venues completed in 1961 {{Chile-sports-venue-stub