Estadio Deportivo Cali

Coordinates: 03°31′17.91″N 76°25′01.33″W / 3.5216417°N 76.4170361°W / 3.5216417; -76.4170361

Estadio Deportivo Cali
"Coloso de Rozo"
Location Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Owner Deportivo Cali Association
Capacity 55,000
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground 2003
Opened 2010

Estadio Deportivo Cali, also called Estadio de Palmaseca, is a football (soccer) stadium in Palmira near Cali, Colombia. Deportivo Cali Stadium opened in 2010, and it is the home field for the Deportivo Cali football team. Its original capacity was for 61,890 people but it was reduced to 55,000 in 2010 due to renovations. Estadio Metropolitano from Barranquilla ranks 2nd with a total capacity of 46,788.[1]

The construction of the Deportivo Cali Stadium was halted and geographically shifted (250 metres) after remains belonging to a Pre-Columbian ancient indigenous cultures were found in the area of building.[2]

References

  1. "Guide to Colombian Football Stadiums". Colombia TravelGuide.net. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. universia.net Archived June 9, 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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