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The Estadio Gigante de Arroyito (Spanish pronunciation: [xiˈɣante ðe aroˈʝito]) is a stadium in the city of Rosario, Argentina. It is owned by club Rosario Central, serving as home venue for football matches.[2] The Argentina national football team has played there several times.

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

Gigante
The stadium in 2009
Address	Cordiviola 1100 Rosario Argentina
Owner	Rosario Central
Operator	Rosario Central
Type	Stadium
Genre(s)	Sporting events, Concerts
Capacity	45,465 [1]
Field size	105 x 70 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	November 14, 1926; 95 years ago (1926-11-14)
Renovated	1957, 1963, 1968 and 1974–1978
Tenants
Rosario Central (1926–present) Argentina national football team (1975–present) Argentina national rugby team (2008–13)
Website
rosariocentral.com/elgigante

The stadium was named after the Arroyito neighborhood where it is placed. Officially inaugurated on November 14, 1926,[3][4] the stadium has a capacity of 45,500 spectators. Besides, Gigante de Arroyito was one of the venues for the 1978 FIFA World Cup and 1987 Copa América, both hosted by Argentina.

History

When the club broke ties with the Central Argentine Railway, the British company took back the land where Rosario Central had its Parada Castellanos field. As a result, the club had to search a place where to build a new stadium. Meanwhile, the team played their home venues at Club Bolsa de Comercio. By the end of 1925, the Municipality granted Rosario Central concession of a land in the Arroyito neighborhood for a term of 20 years. The land was placed on Génova and Cordiviola streets, and the club built its new stadium there.[1]

The first match at the stadium in Arroyito was a Copa Nicasio Vila (the main football competition in Rosario) match against arch-rival Newell's Old Boys, on November 14, 1926.[4] In December 1927, the Municipality of Rosario set a term of 20 years for the concession. During that year, the club built a concrete grandstand with capacity for 7,000, increasing its total capacity to 36,000. The refurbished and complete stadium was inaugurated in October 1927, when Rosario Central played a friendly vs Uruguayan club Peñarol. The old official grandstand was refurbished in 1939 and definitely replaced in 1948. Nowadays, the lower seats are placed there.[1]

By 1946, the club acquired a 38,000 m2 land on Iriondo and Pellegrini streets to build a new stadium due to the concession was about to expire. Nevertheless, Rosario Central reached an agreement with the Municipality, giving the council that land acquired in exchange for the land where the club had built its stadium in 1926.[1]

In 1974, the Gigante stadium was chosen as venue for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The National Reorganization Process (military government led by Jorge Rafael Videla) created an autarchic entity ("EAM") to take over refurbishment and constructions of stadiums to host the matches, among other duties related to the event.[5] The EAM built the upper grandstands and lower seats of the Gigante, but costs had to be incurred by the club. Subsecquent depreciations of local currencies, resulted in much higher final costs than original estimations.[1]

After works for the World Cup, the stadium increased its capacity to 41,465.[1] Three matches of group 2 (with Tunisia, Mexico and Poland) and all three second-round games of the Argentina national team in the World Cup (where the squad beat Poland and Peru) were played in the Gigante.[6]

In 1987, the stadium was one of the Copa América venues, hosting all the group C (Paraguay, Bolivia and Colombia) matches. In September 2009, the Gigante hosted one 2010 World Cup qualification match, when Brazil beat Argentina 3–1.[7][8] The Gigante stadium had been proposed as venue by request of then Argentina manager Diego Maradona[9] (and then approved by FIFA).[10]

The stadium also hosted two The Rugby Championship matches played by Argentina, in 2012[11][12] and 2013.[13]

Sporting events

1978 FIFA World Cup

During the 1978 FIFA World Cup, the stadium hosted six matches, three Group 2 (first stage) matches and three more during second round.

Date	Round	Group	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 Jun	1	2	Tunisia	3–1	Mexico
6 Jun	1	2	Poland	1–0	Tunisia
10 Jun	1	2	Poland	3–1	Mexico
14 Jun	2	B	Argentina	2–0	Poland
18 Jun	2	B	Argentina	0–0	Brazil
21 Jun	2	B	Argentina	6–0	Peru

1987 Copa América

The stadium hosted three Group C matches in the 1987 Copa América held in Argentina:

Date	Round	Group	Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 Jun	1	C	Paraguay	0–0	Bolivia
1 Jul	1	C	Colombia	2–0	Bolivia
5 Jul	1	C	Colombia	3–0	Paraguay

Rugby union

Rosario Central Stadium has hosted several rugby union games of the Argentina national team.

Date	Event	Home team	Score	Away team	Ref.
7 Jun 2008	Scotland tour of Argentina	Argentina	21–15	Scotland	[14]
6 Oct 2012	2012 Rugby Championship	Argentina	19–25	Australia	[11]
5 Oct 2013	2013 Rugby Championship	Argentina	17–54	Australia	[13]

References

External links

• Official website

Preceded by Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz	South American Games Main Venue 1982	Succeeded by Estadio Nacional de Chile Santiago

На других языках

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[de] Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

Das Estadio Gigante de Arroyito ist ein Fußballstadion in der Stadt Rosario (Provinz Santa Fe) in Argentinien. Das städtische Stadion ist die Heimstätte des Fußballvereins CA Rosario Central. Zeitweise wurde es zu Ehren des Politikers Lisandro de la Torre nach ihm benannt. Das Stadion verfügt über eine Kapazität von 41.654 Plätzen.

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- [en] Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

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[es] Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

El estadio Gigante de Arroyito es un recinto de fútbol que se encuentra en la ciudad de Rosario, Argentina. Su propietario es el Club Atlético Rosario Central. En él se disputan los encuentros que Rosario Central juega como local y en ocasiones juega allí el seleccionado argentino de fútbol. Está ubicado en el boulevard Avellaneda entre avenida Génova y paseo Ribereño y lleva el nombre de Gigante de Arroyito, debido a que se encuentra en el barrio rosarino que es conocido popularmente como Arroyito.

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[fr] Stade Gigante de Arroyito

Le stade Dr. Lisandro de la Torre ou stade Gigante de Arroyito est un stade de football inauguré le 14 novembre 1926 et situé à Rosario en Argentine. Il accueille les matchs à domicile du club de football Rosario Central, évoluant en première division.

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[ru] Хиганте де Арройито

«Хига́нте де Арройи́то»[1] (исп. Estadio Gigante de Arroyito) — стадион, расположенный в городе Росарио (Аргентина).

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