Estadio Tres de Febrero is a

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located in the

José Ingenieros José Ingenieros (born Giuseppe Ingegnieri, April 24, 1877October 31, 1925) was an Argentine physician, pharmacist, positivist philosopher and essayist. He was born in Palermo (Italy), and graduated from the University of Buenos Aires School ...

district of

Tres de Febrero Partido Tres de Febrero () is a '' partido'' of the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation area in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Toponymy Tres de Febrero took its name from the 1852 Battle of Caseros between General Justo José Urquiza and Jua ...

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. It is owned and operated by

Club Almagro Club Almagro is an Argentine sports club from José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires, although its headquarters are in the Almagro, Buenos Aires, Almagro district. The association football, football team currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the secon ...

. The venue was inaugurated in 1956, and refurbished in 2000, the same year Almagro promoted to Primera División. The stadium has a capacity of 13,000 spectators.

History

Background

Since its foundation, Almagro played in different venues, most of them in the city of

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. The first venue was located on Ricardo Frías and Villa Lynch streets in Sáenz Peña near the railway station of

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. Nevertheless the club had to move to Buenos Aires city where it rented a land on Avenida Gaona 102 in

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. Almagro hosted their home venues there from 1920 to 1927. The club then played in

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, in a land on Gándara and Londres streets that belonged to the Chas family. That venue was one of the stadiums with most capacity in the city, and apart from football matches, other events were held there. Almagro remained there until 1937, when the club had to leave the lands after the Municipality evicted them to open a street. After that, the club settled on Fraga and Estomba streets in

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, where it played from 1939 to 1949. The club acquired the former grandstands of Estadio Alvear y Tagle to C.A. River Plate for m$n42,000.

José Ingenieros

Finally Almagro built its own stadium, located in José Ingenieros in Tres de Febrero partido. The field was inaugurated on 7 April 1956. The stadium would be remodeled in several occasions, but the most important was in 2000 after the team promoted to Primera División. The club had to expand the stadium's capacity to fulfill the AFA requirements. Other refurbishments were made after that, such as the construction of new ticket boxes far from the entrance, after a requirement from local security agencies to prevent agglomerations or other incidents.Obras en el estadio
at Almagro100, 6 Aug 2020

Gallery

Image:Puerta_estadiob.jpg, Club gate Image:Acrilicosb.jpg, The facade of the stadium Image:Entradab.jpg, Entrance Image:Plateab.jpg, Seating places Image:Lateral_g.jpg, Standing places

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