Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo explained

Stadium Name:Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Nickname:"El Templo Sagrado" (The Sacred Temple)
Fullname:Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Location:San Cristóbal, Venezuela
Built:1975
Opened:January 11, 1976
Renovated:2007
Owner:Instituto Nacional del Deporte
Surface:Grass
Tenants:Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club
Venezuela national football team
Seating Capacity:38,755
38,453 (international)[1]

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo is a multi-purpose stadium in San Cristóbal, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club. The stadium holds 38,755 people.[2]

It is known as "the sacred temple of football" in Venezuela, for it is in this stadium where Venezuela had some of its best football results, and it lies in the typically football-loving Andes region, which contrasts with much of the country, where baseball is more popular.

Copa América 2007

The stadium was one of the venues of the Copa América 2007, and held the following matches:

DateTime(EDT)Team #1Res.Team #2Round
2007-06-2620.452-2Group A
2007-06-3016.000-1
20.452-0
2007-07-0718.001-4Quarter Finals

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Anuario Conmebol Sudamericana 2022 . 3 April 2023 . CONMEBOL . 134 . 12 May 2023.
  2. Web site: Estadio. Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club. es. 2020-05-17. 2018-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180206182941/http://deportivotachira.com/estadio/. dead.