Estadio Centenario
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Key facts
- Full name
- Estadio Centenario
- Location
- Avenida Dr. Américo Ricaldoni y Federico Videla, Parque Batlle , Montevideo , Uruguay
- Coordinates
- 34°53′40.78″S 56°9′10.22″W / 34.8946611°S 56.1528389°W / -34.8946611; -56.1528389
- Owner
- Montevideo Department
- Operator
- Comisión Administradora del Field Oficial (CAFO)
- Capacity
- 60,235
- Surface
- Grass
- Record attendance
- 79,867, Uruguay – Yugoslavia , (27 July 1930)
- Field size
- 105 x 68 m
- Groundbreaking
- 21 July 1929
- Built
- 1929–30 (8 months)
- Opened
- July 18, 1930 ( 1930-07-18 )
- Construction cost
- $1,000,000
- Architect
- Juan Antonio Scasso
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The Estadio Centenario ( Spanish pronunciation: [estaðjo θentenaɾjo]; lit. 'Centenary Stadium', named after the centenary of Uruguay's Constitution) is an association football stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in the Parque Batlle neighbourhood, it is owned by the Montevideo Department.
The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup. It is listed by FIFA as one of the football world's classic stadiums. On 18 July 1983, it was declared by FIFA as the first Historical Monument of World Football, to this day the only building to achieve this recognition worldwide.