Playa Ancha | |
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Full name | Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander de Valparaíso |
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Former names | Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso (1931 − 2005), Estadio Regional Chiledeportes (2005 − 2012) |
Location | Valparaíso, Chile |
Coordinates | 33°01′19″S 71°38′24″W / 33.022°S 71.640°W |
Owner | Chiledeportes |
Capacity | 20,575 [2] |
Field size | 105 x 68 m |
Surface | grass |
Construction | |
Opened | December 25, 1931 |
Reopened | 19 February 2014 |
Construction cost | $19.000.000.000 [1] |
Architect | Gerardo Marambio, Claudio Aceituno,Claudio Palavecino, Mauricio Carrion |
Tenants | |
Santiago Wanderers |
Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈli.as fiɣeˈɾoa]), formerly known as Estadio Regional Chiledeportes and Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, is a multi-purpose stadium in Valparaíso, Chile. It is commonly known as Estadio Playa Ancha, [3] due to the suburb where it is located. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Santiago Wanderers. The stadium holds 20,575, [4] was built in 1931 [5] and renovated in 2014.
The highest attendance at the Elías Figueroa, then "Municipal de Valparaiso", was 23,109 for a Primera Division league match between Santiago Wanderers and Colo-Colo (0-2) on October 25, 1953.
In July 2022, the venue was confirmed to host the women's football tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games. [6]