Mas Monumental Stadium
85,018 seats on reclaimed Río de la Plata marshland — the largest stadium in South America, and the ground where a World Cup Final was played.
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Opened in 1938 and built by architects José Aslan and Héctor Ezcurra on land drained from the marshy Río de la Plata coast, Mas Monumental seats 85,018 — the largest stadium in Argentina and South America. It hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and the Netherlands, four Copa América finals (most recently 2011), and remains the home ground of both River Plate and the Argentina national team.
What to look for
- The bowl scale: three stands connected by 50 km of steps, completed in two years of construction starting 1936
- References to Antonio Vespucio Liberti — the club president the stadium was officially named after at its 1938 opening
- The Belgrano neighbourhood setting on Figueroa Alcorta Avenue, built where River Plate's 'Los Millonarios' era took root in the 1930s
Located at the corner of Figueroa Alcorta (formerly Centennial) and Udaondo Avenues in Belgrano, Buenos Aires.
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