The Estadio Pedro Bidegain ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo βiðeˈɣajn] ), more often known as El Nuevo Gasómetro , is the home stadium of Club San Lorenzo , located in Bajo Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires city.
13-455: This stadium is the successor of San Lorenzo's old ground, the historic Viejo Gasómetro in nearby Boedo , that had been inaugurated in 1916 and then expropriated by the military government in 1979. After playing their home games in other stadiums, the Nuevo Gasómetro was inaugurated in a friendly match v Chilean club Universidad Católica . The first official match held in the stadium
26-464: A current venue for matches of national football teams, with only three games hosted there. National sides to have played at Pedro Bidegain were Bolivia , Colombia , Senegal , and Jordan . San Lorenzo fans wish to return to their original home (Viejo Gasómetro), and won a court action saying that supermarket chain Carrefour should sell back the land that their supermarket is now built on. In July 2019,
39-466: A friendly match. Both teams faced again on September 28 in a Copa Lipton match, in front of a huge attendance. Despite being the largest stadium of the time, the huge attendance frequently surpassed the stadium's capacity. In 1935, San Lorenzo announced they were planning to acquired a land to build a new stadium for 150,000 spectators. The land was located only 20 blocks from the Gasómetro. Nevertheless,
52-399: The 1970s and they were forced to sell the ground to the government in 1979, who subsequently sold it to Carrefour supermarket. The last match played at the Gasómetro was hosted on December 2, 1979. San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors tied 0–0 in a 1979 Torneo Nacional match. The stadium was demolished two years later. After the stadium was closed, San Lorenzo fans made several attempts to get
65-521: The club took ownership of the land where the Viejo Gasómetro stood. 34°39′7.43″S 58°26′24.43″W / 34.6520639°S 58.4401194°W / -34.6520639; -58.4401194 Estadio Gas%C3%B3metro El Gasómetro , oficially named San Lorenzo Stadium , was a football stadium located in the neighborhood of Boedo in Buenos Aires . Inaugurated in 1916, the stadium
78-427: The first years of the 1920s the club built a grandstand with roof. In August 1922, the stadium hosted the funeral of player Jacobo Urso, died on August 6 in the hospital. Urso had been injured in a match v Estudiantes de Buenos Aires , where he broke some ribs after a collision with a rival. 7,000 people attended Urso's funeral, with his coffin being carried by his teammates and players of Czech team Teplitzer FK , which
91-575: The former land back to the institution. In 2008, the Legislature of Buenos Aires approved a project of "Historic Restitution" of the Avenida La Plata land. In 2010, supporters of the club carried the project of Historic Restitution to the National Legislature. The project included the expropriation of the land on Avenida La Plata (where French chain Carrefour had built a supermarket there) and
104-468: The largest stadium of Argentina until the construction of El Cilindro , home venue of Racing Club de Avellaneda , inaugurated in 1950. Racing's stadium had a capacity of 100,000 spectators, then reduced to 66,000 in the 1990s. The stadium was one of the venues for the 1929 South American Championship . The stadium was inaugurated on May 7, 1916, in a Primera División match between San Lorenzo and Estudiantes de La Plata , won by San Lorenzo 2–1. During
117-532: The project was soon abandoned and never relaunched. In 1936, San Lorenzo installed the first lighting system in the stadium. Lights were mounted on four columns placed on the four sides of the field. Three years later, the old grandstand with roof was replaced and the stadium extended its capacity to 75,000. During the end of the 1930s, the Gasómetro hosted three games of Copa Aldao , the most important competition in South America by then. The club's debt grew in
130-647: The restitution to Club San Lorenzo. On March 8, 2012, 100,000 people met at Plaza de Mayo to claim for the law, which was finally approved on 15 November 2012. On April 4, 2014, the club signed an agreement with Carrefour which stated that the land would be restituted to San Lorenzo, with the club and the supermarket sharing the land. In April 2019, Carrefour announced that the supermarket on Avenida La Plata would be closed permanently. 34°38′06.06″S 58°25′24.68″W / 34.6350167°S 58.4235222°W / -34.6350167; -58.4235222 Copa Aldao Too Many Requests If you report this error to
143-438: Was San Lorenzo 1 v Belgrano (C) 0. The stadium was named after Pedro Bidegain, president of the club between 1929 and 1930. The stadium has the bigger field of Argentina, measuring 110 x 70 meters. Since its inauguration, the stadium has been refurbished several times, starting in 1997 with the construction of new grandstands on its sides. In 2014, the lighting was completely renovated. The Pedro Bidegain stadium has not been
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#1732858343145156-413: Was the home ground of club San Lorenzo de Almagro before they moved to their new venue, Estadio Pedro Bidegain , which is sometimes referred to as Nuevo Gasómetro ("New Gasometer"), in 1993. The stadium had a capacity of 75,000 people. The stadium was nicknamed Gasómetro due to its exterior facade that reminded of a gas holder , very common at the time. It has a capacity of 75,000 spectators, being
169-413: Was touring Argentina at the time of the funeral. In June 1928, San Lorenzo acquired the land (rented until then) and started a new refurbishing on it. The new structures used for the exterior changed the face of the stadium, resembling a gas holder so it would be soon nicknamed Gasómetro . The Argentina national football team played its first match at Gasómetro on June 16, 1929, beating Uruguay 2–0 in
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