Estadio Obras Sanitarias (also known as Arena Obras Sanitarias and Templo del Rock) is an

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that is located in

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. The arena, home venue of club

Obras Sanitarias Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (mostly known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is an Argentine professional sports club that is located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. Although originally conceived as a rugby union ...

, is mainly used to host

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games and

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s. It has a capacity of 3,100 people for basketball games, and 4,700 people for concerts.

History

Estadio Obras Sanitarias was opened in June 1978. Over the years, the arena has been one of two home venues often used by the sports club

, with the other being the Polideportivo Municipal de San Rafael. The arena has hosted the FIBA Intercontinental Cup tournament four times. It hosted the FIBA Intercontinental Cup's 1978 edition,X Intercontinental Cup (Buenos Aires 1978)
/ref> the 1983 edition,XV Intercontinental Cup (Buenos Aires 1983)
/ref> in which the local club Obras Sanitarias won the title, the 1986 edition, in which Žalgiris Kaunas won the title,XVIII Intercontinental Cup (Buenos Aires 1986)
/ref> and also the 2021 edition. During its history, the arena has also hosted numerous musical concerts, particularly

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, which has led to the arena being given the nickname of "Templo del Rock" ("Temple of Rock"). From 2006 to 2012, the arena had the name sponsorship of Estadio Pepsi Music (Pepsi Music Stadium), as part of a multinational marketing campaign of the Pepsi company, which sponsored rock festivals and concerts at the arena.

Concerts held

Live albums

Some of the live albums and DVDs recorded at this stadium include: *

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- That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires *

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- Live...Buenos Aires '94 * Attaque 77 - Trapos * Bersuit Vergarabat - De la Cabeza * Almafuerte -

En Vivo Obras 2001 En Vivo Obras 2001 is the third live album by Argentine band Almafuerte recorded and released in 2001. It was recorded at the Estadio Obras Sanitarias in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es ...

La Renga La Renga is a hard rock Argentine band, formed in 1988. They had moderate success with the albums '' A Dónde Me Lleva La Vida'' and '' Bailando en una pata'', between 1993 and 1995, but it was the release of Despedazado por Mil Partes, in 1996 ...

- Bailando en una pata * Hermética - Lo último * Serú Girán - No llores por mí, Argentina

References

External links

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