Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Explained

Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda
Nickname:Estadio Chillogallo / La Caldera del Sur.
Location:Quito, Ecuador
Coordinates:-0.2789°N -78.5462°W
Broke Ground:1987
Built:1987–1991
Opened:February 19, 1994
Surface:Grass
Former Names:Estadio Chillogallo
Tenants:
Tenant Clubs:Aucas
Tenant Years:1994–present
Capacity:18,799[1]
Dimensions:108 x 70 m

Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda is a multi-use stadium in southern Quito, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Aucas. The stadium holds 18,799 spectators and built in 1987 and opened in 1994.

British Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden performed in the stadium as part of their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour on March 10, 2009.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sitio Oficial de la Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, el portal del fútbol ecuatoriano . www.ecuafutbol.org . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222145042/http://www.ecuafutbol.org/web/estadios.php . 22 December 2016 . dead.