The Microestadio Malvinas Argentinas is an
indoor arena in
La Paternal
La Paternal or Paternal ( en, The Paternal) is a ''neighborhood'' or district in the centre of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. It was founded in 1904 by a city decree (''decreto'') and was named 'La Paternal' after the train station in the neighbour ...
,
Buenos Aires
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, Its construction began in the eighties but it was completely finished and officially inaugurated in
2006,
[https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/fernandez-abrio-las-puertas-del-desarrollo-de-argentinos-jrs-20061009-0049.phtml] that belongs to
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...
club. Even though some basketball and volleyball matches are played at the stadium, it is mostly used for concerts.
Among others some bands that have played at this venue are
Big Time Rush
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,
Limp Bizkit,
Korn,
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen (literally "The Dead Trousers", figuratively "The Deadbeats") is a German punk rock band from Düsseldorf.
History
The current members of Die Toten Hosen are Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephe ...
,
Paramore,
Bad Religion,
The Offspring
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,
Fall Out Boy
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,
Simple Plan,
Creed,
Demi Lovato,
Placebo
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,
Megadeth,
Babasonicos,
Manu Chao
Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his mu ...
,
Nightwish,
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half oct ...
,
Avril Lavigne,
Franz Ferdinand
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Fr ...
,
SOJA,
Slash
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* Slash (punctuation), the "/" character
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Slash (Marvel Comics)
* Slash (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'')
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* Harry Slash & The Slashtones, an American rock band
* Nash ...
,
Black Label Society
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,
Rata Blanca
Rata Blanca ("White Rat" in English) is an Argentine heavy metal band, formed in 1986.
History Beginnings
The guitarist Walter Giardino replaced Osvaldo Civile in V8 for a little time, and left the band when his songs were rejected. His ...
and
Almafuerte. It has also hosted the
Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards
The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Argentina, also known as the KCAAs and/or Kids Choice Awards Argentina, was an annual awards show that airs on Nickelodeon in Latin America. Its first edition was held on 11 October 2011 at the Microestadio Malv ...
since 2011.
The name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the
Falkland Islands
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(Islas Malvinas in Spanish).
The stadium can be reached by
Urquiza Line
The Urquiza Line is a suburban electric commuter rail line in Buenos Aires, Argentina, operated by the Buenos Aires Underground operator Metrovías. It runs from the Federico Lacroze terminus in the neighborhood of Chacarita, to General Lemos ...
, at Arata station, by
San Martín Line
The San Martín line is a , 22-station commuter rail service in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The San Martín line operates from the city-centre terminus of Retiro north-west to Doctor Cabred in Luján Partido along a broad ...
, at La Paternal station, or by nearby
Line B, at
Tronador-Villa Ortúzar station.
External links
Official website
References
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Indoor arenas in Argentina
Music venues in Argentina
Sports venues in Buenos Aires
Basketball venues in Argentina
Volleyball venues in Argentina