Polideportivo Cachamay

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Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay

Full name	Centro Total de Entretenimiento Cachamay
Location	Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
Built	1988 - 1990
Opened	1990
Renovated	2007
Owner
Construction cost	US$74.4 million
Former names	Gino Scarigella
Tenants	Mineros de Guayana
Capacity	41,300 (seating only) [1]

The Polideportivo Cachamay or Centro Total de Entretenimiento Cachamay is a stadium of professional soccer located in the city of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, in which it is 1 of the 9 venues of the Copa America 2007. For this, US$160,000 were invested for the expansion of the stadium for 41,300 persons. The stadium has multiple uses like a special kids area, an indoor gym, basketball and volleyball courts, a racing track, ten media station booths and three enormous parking lots. The stadium is surrounded by the river Caroní and the waterfall of the Cachamay park.

[edit] The Name

The real name of the stadium years before its actual form, was Gino Scarigella, named by the referee who passed away in a game in the same stadium. After the first referesment, the local press named the stadium Cachamay, making the population forget its original name. After its most recent referesment (2006 - 2007), the named was changed finally to Centro Total de Entretenimiento Cachamay (Cachamay Total Entertainment Center)