Current stadium · Racing ClubEstadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
- Popular name
- El Cilindro
- Location
- Avellaneda
- Opened
- 1950
- The club plays here
- Since 1950
It was built between 1948 and 1950 on the same site as the old Alsina y Colón ground, rotated 90 degrees relative to it, with loans from the government of Juan Domingo Perón, after whom it was named. It opened on 3 September 1950 with a 1-0 Racing win over Vélez Sarsfield, the goal scored by Llamil Simes, and in 1951 it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the first Pan American Games. In 1967 it staged the second match of the Intercontinental final against Celtic, won 2-1, before a record crowd of some 120,000. Between 1995 and 1997 it was fitted with a translucent sky blue roof, which made it the first Argentine stadium with all of its seated stands covered.
Stadium photos
Las tribunas del Cilindro en 2012.
Photo: The Stadium Guide / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Racing Club stadiums
- Estadio de Alsina y Colón · Undocumented date
Sources
- Website. footballgroundguide.com View source
- Website. stadiumdb.com View source
- Website. racingclub.com.ar View source
- Website. Wikipedia (English) View source
- Website. elgrafico.com.ar View source
- Website. Wikipedia (Spanish) View source