Luna Park, Buenos Aires
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- For other places with the same name, see Luna Park (disambiguation).
Luna Park is an 8,000 seat arena located on the corner of Corrientes and Leandro N. Alem Avenues, in the barrio of San Nicolás, east Buenos Aires city, and near Puerto Madero. It is known for hosting sporting events (mainly boxing) and music concerts.
Begun in 1931 and completed in 1934 in the heart of the city, Luna Park has hosted countless internationally famous personalities, including Pope John Paul II, Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti, Oasis, Franz Ferdinand, Deep Purple, several ballets, tennis and volleyball matches, circuses, the Harlem Globetrotters, Holiday on Ice, and many more.
The Luna Park ground was owned by the late Argentine businessman Tito Lectoure.
It is also famous for being the site of where Eva Duarte and Juan Peron met for the first time.
[edit] External links
- Official site [in Spanish]
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