www.stadiaworld.com SPORTS VENUES 2023/24 | 67 CONSTRUCTION World Cup 2030: Proposed venues South America bid Country Stadium Location Main tenant Capacity for WC Opening Architect Argentina Estadio Mâs Monumental Buenos Aires C.A. River Plate 83,000 1938 José Aslan, Héctor Ezcurra Argentina Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba – 57,000 1978 Hugo Oviedo y Alberto Ponce Argentina Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona La Plata – 53,000 2003 Roberto Ferreira Argentina Estadio Libertadores de América- Ricardo Enrique Bochini Avellanada Independiente 48,000 1928 Ezequiel Dorado Argentina Estadio Presidente Perón Avellanada Racing Club de Avellanada 42,000 1950 Eduardo E. Baumeister Argentina Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Mendoza – 42,000 1978 Rafael Viñoly Argentina Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Santiago del Estero Club Atlético Central Córdoba 30,000 2021 Luciano Asociados Arquitectos Chile Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Santiago National team 48,000 1938 Ricardo Muller, Aníbal Fuente-Alba y Alberto Cormatches Chile Estadio Monumental Santiago Colo-Colo 43,000 1975 Mario Recordón, Alberto Sartori Chile Estadio Municipal Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo Concepción Deportes Concepción, Universidad de Concepción, Arturo Fernández Vial 33,000 1962 Mario Recordón Paraguay Estadio CONMEBOL Luque – 60,000 tba tba Paraguay Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción National team 45,000 1917 n.n. Paraguay Estadio General Pablo Rojas Asunción Club Cerro Porteño 45,000 1970 n.n. Paraguay Estadio Villa Alegre Encarnación Encarnación FC 45,000 2022 n.n. Paraguay Estadio Antonio Aranda Ciudad del Este Club Atlético 3 de Febrero 28,000 1972 Tonino Cascio Uruguay Estadio Centenario Montevideo National team 60,000 1930 Juan Antonio Scasso Uruguay Estadio Campeón del Siglo Montevideo CA Peñarol 40,000 2016 Luis Rodríguez Tellado & Asoc. Uruguay Estadio Gran Parque Central Montevideo Club Nacional de Football 34,000 1900 Gómez Platero Arquitectos Status: 7/2023 Source: STADIAWORLD has already stated that the country does not currently have a single World Cup-capable stadium and that it will need to be (re)built. Nevertheless, Chile has three venues planned: the National Stadium in Santiago, the Estadio Monumental (also in Santiago) and the Estadio Municipal Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo in Concepción, 500 km south of the capital. Built in 1937, the last renovation of the national stadium was more than ten years ago. In 2009, a comprehensive modernisation was scheduled to, among other things, completely roof the stadium. Due to an earthquake and a subsequent lack of funds, however, the project was only completed in part – the roof is still missing today. A modernisation for the World Cup is as good as certain. The Monumental, where Colo-Colo currently plays its home games and is also its owner, would also need it. As the second largest stadium in the country, it has a capacity of 43,667, but has not been extensively renovated since its (re-)opening in 1989. Colo-Colo has already announced its intention to do so in view of the World Cup. The stadium in Concepción, built in 1962, was modernised in 2015 according to FIFA guidelines and is already completely covered. It has already hosted the Copa América and FIFA World Youth Championships. In Paraguay, too, the national stadium is the most likely option for a 2030 World Cup venue: the Estadio Defensores del Chaco in the capital Asunción. Initial renovation work has already been carried out for the “Juegos Suramericanos de 2022”, the South American Games, which took place in the stadium in October 2022. Further modernisations are Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, Argentina: Due to host the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup final. Picture: imago/Photogamma
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