Estadio Palogrande

Palogrande Stadium
	Estadio Palogrande inside
Location	Manizales, Colombia
Coordinates	5°03′22″N 75°29′23″W / 5.056233°N 75.489807°W
Owner	Municipality of Manizales
Capacity	31,611
Field size	110 x 70 m
Surface	Kikuyu Grass
Construction
Opened	1936 (first stadium); July 30, 1994 (current stadium)
Renovated	2010-2011, 2019 (current stadium)
Demolished	1993 (first stadium)
Construction cost	$ 5,500 million pesos (1994)
Architect	Jorge Gutiérrez Duque and Enrique Gómez Gómez
Tenants
	Once Caldas

Estadio Palogrande is a multi-purpose stadium in Manizales, Colombia with a capacity of 31,611.^[1] It is currently used mostly for football (soccer) matches as home venue of the Once Caldas, winners of the 2004 Copa Libertadores.

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The first Palogrande was built in 1936 and demolished in 1993, and the current Palogrande was inaugurated in 1994.

With renovations made for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, the stadium capacity dropped from 42,678 to 32,000 people,^[2] although it was capped at 28,678 for the tournament.^[3]

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Stadium picture Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
Estadio Palogrande 1. (Inside)
Estadio Palogrande 2. (Outside)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: Bid Evaluation Report" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2020. pp. 128–129. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ "Palogrande - Manizales". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
^ FIFA.com

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[bid20-1] "FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: Bid Evaluation Report" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2020. pp. 128–129. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

[2] "Palogrande - Manizales". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-11.

[3] FIFA.com

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