Víctor Jara Stadium
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Estadio Víctor Jara is an indoor multi-use sports complex located in the western part of Santiago, Chile, near the Estación Central and Alameda Avenue. It has a total capacity for an audience of 6,500 people. After the Chilean coup of 1973, it was used as a detention centre; about 3,000 people were killed there, including singer and songwriter Victor Jara.[1] The stadium, originally named "Chile Stadium", was renamed Victor Jara Stadium in 2003.[2] The Stadium held many sporting events along with concerts and festivals.
Former names | Estadio Chile (1949-2004) |
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Location | Santiago, Chile |
Capacity | 3,500 |
Construction | |
Opened | 1969 |
Architect | Mario Recordón and Jorge Patiño |
Estadio Chile (lit. 'Chile Stadium') was designed in the rationalist style and inaugurated in 1969; its construction began in 1949[3] and is the work of the architect Mario Recordón Burnier, with the collaboration of the architect Jorge Patiño. It has a pulastic court where basketball, indoor soccer and volleyball can be played. International table tennis championships have also been held, and in the past it was used for boxing. In addition, it has a sports residence that can accommodate up to 185 athletes.[4]
The stadium features a steel truss supported roof and a rubber based playing surface, which has a polyurethane layer on top. The walls are of reinforced concrete, 30 cm (12 in) in thickness. It also has facilities to lodge athletes. Complete with dormitories, dressing rooms, a clinic, dining rooms and even a casino; Chile stadium was the first indoor sports setting developed in the country.[2]