Estadio Nueva España
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Estadio Nueva Espana is a multi-use stadium
in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
, it has a capacity of 32,500 and it was built in 1981.
Nueva España was used as the home ground of Deportivo Español
, a football
club who currently play in Primera B Metropolitana
which is the Argentine third division. Due to the clubs recent financial difficulties, and the poor condition of the stadium, they were prevented from playing there, and had to play their home games elsewhere. However, at the start of the 2007/08 season, Español came back home after four years, playing against Deportivo Armenio
on August 12.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, it has a capacity of 32,500 and it was built in 1981.
Nueva España was used as the home ground of Deportivo Español
Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español
Club Deportivo Español is a sports club from the south-west of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera C Metropolitana, one of the fourth tier divisions of Argentine football.The club was founded in 1956 with the name Club Deportivo Español on October, 12...
, a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club who currently play in Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
which is the Argentine third division. Due to the clubs recent financial difficulties, and the poor condition of the stadium, they were prevented from playing there, and had to play their home games elsewhere. However, at the start of the 2007/08 season, Español came back home after four years, playing against Deportivo Armenio
Club Deportivo Armenio
Club Deportivo Armenio, known simply as Deportivo Armenio or Armenio, is a football club from Ingeniero Maschwitz, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina...
on August 12.