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The Estadio Tomás A. Ducó is a
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in
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, located in the
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neighborhood of
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. The stadium is the home ground of
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and has a capacity of 48,340 spectators. Built between 1941 and 1947, the stadium was named after lieutenant colonel Tomás Adolfo Ducó, president of Club Huracán in three periods (1938–45, 1949, 1952–54) and regarded as the most notable chairman in the history of the institution, as he was the promoter of the stadium's reconstruction in the 1940s.El recuerdo del influyente Tomás A. Ducó
on Diario Popular, 3 Feb 2018
In 2024,
Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán () is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its association football, football team, that currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera Divi ...
drew an average home attendance of 30,362. All their home games took place at the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó during that league season.


History


Jorge Newbery

The first field of C.A. Huracán was land on Arenas Street that belonged to the Municipality of Buenos Aires. The club rented that land from 1911 to 1913, when the Municipal authorities forced the club to leave and establish in another place. In 1914 Huracán moved to Chiclana Avenue, near to
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's home on La Plata Avenue. Playing its home games there, Huracán won its first Primera División titles in
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. One year later, Huracán left that home. In August 1924, the club rented land on the corner of Amancio Alcorta and Luna in Parque Patricios. The venue, inaugurated in a match v
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, had a capacity for 12,000 people and was named after Argentine aviator
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, from whose
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the club had taken inspiration for its badge. Newbery would also a usual collaborator of the club and even honorary president."Huracán", stadium history on Viejos Estadios blogsite Huracán played its home games there when the club won the
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league titles. By the mid-1930s, the stadium had increased its capacity to near 40,000. The stadium also had a concrete
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and
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. Competitions were held during the 1920s and 1930s. In April 1939, the club acquired the land – at a cost of $ 700,000 – to remodel the stadium. The National Government granted C.A. Huracán a loan to build its new home venue.


Tomás Adolfo Ducó

Works started in October 1941, under the direction of architects Curutchet, Giraldez & Olivera through their firm "CGO". The studio had designed the current Casa de la Moneda building in 1941. Works on Huracán's stadium lasted about six years, during which the club was granted another loan ($1,553,472) to finish the construction. The new stadium (built to replace wooden grandstands with concrete structures) was opened on September 7, 1947, in a Primera División match v
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. Huracán won 4–3.El Palacio Tomás Ducó
by Carlos Ruiz, June 2009
Nevertheless, it was officially inaugurated on November 10, 1949, when Huracán beat Uruguayan side
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4–1. In September 1967, the stadium was named "Tomás Adolfo Ducó", honoring the club's most notable president, who was also the main mover in the construction of the stadium, and a former player. Ducó was imprisoned and confined to Martín García Island. After being released, he returned to Huracán, being elected again as president of the club in 1949.


Other events

The stadium has hosted several music concerts, mainly of local rock bands.
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gave their first concert in a stadium at Huracán in 1993, with more than 80,000 spectators.
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band La Renga performed in Huracán in 1999 with an attendance of 60,000. The band returned to the Ducó to record their live album '' Insoportablemente Vivo'' in 2001. They also recorded another live album, ''En el Ojo del Huracán'' five years later. The ''Palacio'' Ducó became a frequent venue for the band, giving new concerts in 2017. Another Argentine rock band, Los Piojos, recorded a live album at Huracán in 2001. In 2024, the British heavy metal band
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performed at Tomás Ducó Stadium on 1 December 2024. The concert was part of their ''Future Past World Tour''.


In popular culture

The Tomás A. Ducó stadium was the first of Argentine football to appear on an
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'' ("El Secreto de Sus Ojos"). In the movie, Inspector Espósito (played by Ricardo Darín and his collaborator Sandoval ( Guillermo Francella) attend a Huracán v
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match –held in ''Palacio Ducó''– in search of a murder suspect, knowing he was a strong Racing supporter. The phrase about the suspect's passion for a team ("The guy may change anything; his face, house, family, girlfriend, religion, God. But there is a thing that he can't change: his passion") became one of the most memorable moments of the film, not only to describe the character but the Argentine passion for
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.Hay una cosa que no puede cambiar
by Alberto Barbero on ''Marca'', 9 Dec 2016


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References


External links

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Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó photos at World Stadiums
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