:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/LZYKDRJWGBCJNO5CRN2SECVXPM.jpg "The Monumental de Universitario is no longer the biggest stadium in South America")
sports university he will no longer be able to say that his stadium, the Monumental, It is the largest in South America. And it is that an Argentine club has expanded the capacity of its sports complex and leads the payroll. On the other hand, there is a colossus from Peru that is also in the top 10.
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The main course of the fifth day of the Peruvian championship will be the Classic between Universitario and Alianza Lima. Additionally, Sporting Cristal and FBC Melgar will have the rematch of the 2022 semi-finals.
It is about de River Plate, which modified the Monumental stadium located in the city of Buenos Aires. He built three stands and 30 completely new boxes in the Centenario Alta. Thus, its capacity increased from 72,000 to 83,196 spectators, placing it first in the region.
The club ‘millionaire’ presented the remodeling of its sports complex with a great victory (2-1) over Argentinians Jr. by date 3 of the Argentine Professional League. Miguel Borja and Ezequiel Barco scored the goals that sparked the euphoria of thousands of fans.
With the establishment of new stands at the Monumental de River, the Monumental de la ‘U’ fell to second place among the largest stadiums in South America. The Colossus of Ate was inaugurated almost 23 years ago and has a capacity of 80,093 spectators.
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Due to its immensity, it had the pleasure of hosting a final of the Libertadores Cup in 2019. Flamengo and River Plate were measured on the land of the ‘creams’ and the match ended with a Brazilian victory thanks to the double of ‘Gabigol’.
It also hosted the matches of the Peruvian team. The last time the ‘bicolor’ played in said sports complex was on November 16, 2022 when he faced Paraguay friendly The team of Juan Reynoso beat the ‘Guarani’ with a goal from Alex Valera.
The Monumental de Ate is not the only one to appear in the ranking of the biggest stadiums of this subcontinent, the Monumental WHAT from Arequipa, where melgar plays at home, it is in eighth position with 60,370 viewers.
– The Monumental (Argentina): 83,196
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– Ate Monument (Peru): 80,093
– Maracana (Brazil): 78,838
– Mané Garrincha (Brazil): 72,788
– Morumbi (Brazil): 72,039
– Mineirão (Brazil): 61,846
– Arena do Grêmio (Brazil): 60,540
– Monumental UNSA (Peru): 60,370
– Centennial (Uruguay): 60,235
– Isidro Romero Carbo (Ecuador): 59.2
The Universitario board have made changes to their stadium. The first is the lighting change. It will have a new LED system that enables 4K transmission of matches, it will also help reduce electricity costs with its instant on and off control.
These new lights meet the standards required by the conmebolhe International Olympic Committeethere Fifa and could be used for debuts in the first phase of the South American Cup compared to scientist.
The second change in the colossus of Ate is the implementation of a new electronic board, the largest in Peru. This was confirmed by John Ferrari, administrator of the ‘U’, via his Twitter account. “With the management, we were able to buy the giant screen thanks to Apuesta Total”, he writes.