Estadio Cuscatlán

The Estadio Cuscatlán is a football stadium located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is the largest stadium in Central America with a capacity of 53,400.[1] The stadium is the home ground of the El Salvador national football team and Alianza F.C.[2]

For other uses of "Estadio Monumental", see Estadio Monumental (disambiguation).

Estadio Cuscatlán
Full nameMonumental Estadio Cuscatlan
LocationSan Salvador, El Salvador
Coordinates13.4053°N 89.1218°W / 13.4053; -89.1218
OwnerEDESSA
OperatorEDESSA
Capacity53,400
Record attendance55,000
Field size107 x 68.5
Field shapelawn and French drain
SurfaceLawn
Scoreboarddigital and electronic
Construction
Broke ground24 March 1971
Built19 October 1975
Opened24 July 1976
Renovated2007–2011
Construction cost4.800.000 Colones
ArchitectLópez Muñoz and Architects.
Project managerEDESSA
Structural engineerLópez Muñoz and Architects.
Services engineerSimán S. A.
General contractorSimán S. A.
Main contractorsTechnical Construction, Investment and Securities S.A.
Tenants
El Salvador national football team
Alianza F.C.
Atlético Marte
Website
www.estadiocuscatlan.com
League of El Salvador (football) – Cup of Nations – Classification of CONCACAF World Cup 2010 – El Salvador national football team

History

Cuscatlán stadium was first developed as a replacement to what at the time was El Salvador's largest stadium, Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca (now known as Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González). Its creation was made possible by EDESSA (Estadios Deportivos de El Salvador) who in 1969 first proposed the idea of a new national stadium.

Construction began on 24 March 1971, with then-president of El Salvador General Fidel Sánchez Hernández laying the first stone. After 5 years of building, the stadium was opened and held its first game on 24 July 1976. This day saw German Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund play the El Salvador national team, with the match ending 2–0 to the German side.

On 25 May 1978, EDESSA agreed to and signed a 599-year lease of the stadium to CLIMA (Asociación de Clubes de Liga Mayor A'). As a result, CLIMA is now the operator of the stadium, and controls what events are held there.

The stadium
The playing field of the stadium

The stadium, with a capacity of 53,400 is the largest football venue in Central America.

It was announced on 16 November 2007 that Estadio Cuscatlán would become the first football stadium in Central America and Caribbean to have a large LED screen where the supporters can view the action. The screen is 40 meters in height and width and was completed in March 2008.[3]

The modernization also extends to the pitch, which includes:

  • French drainage system to allow water to flow off the grounds when it rains excessively
  • 6 sprinkler systems to self water the grounds
  • Dugouts for both home and away teams, each with its own lavatory
  • Imported high quality grass
  • Various V.I.P. boxes

Facilities and capacity

The stadium's capacity has been the topic of much dispute, with many saying that its official capacity is not accurate. As the stadium only has seats available in certain sections, it is difficult to estimate the maximum capacity when trying to take into account how many spectators could fit into the sections without seats. The seating capacity is between 45,000 and 53,400 people. FIFA regulates the capacity, setting a maximum of about 45,000.

The stadium has the following distribution on its premises:

Localidad Color FIFA EDESSA
Platea Sky Blue 2,013 3,000
Northern Tribune Brown 1,672 2,500
South Tribune Blue 1,709 2,500
North Shadow Green 4,900 5,000
South Shadow Yellow 2,500 4,000
North Preference Sun Black 4,220 5,200
South Preference Sun Orange 6,044 7,800
General Sun Vermilion 16,278 18,000
Box White 3,400 3,400
Extras Walls 2,000 2,000
TOTAL 44,836 53,400

The grounds

The stadium itself sits on an area of land roughly 15 square blocks (30 hectares) in size. Not only does it accommodate the stadium itself, with its parking lot (8,500 cars capacity), but also two other football pitches. One of these is used for training by club sides, to limit damage to the stadium ground itself. The other ground is used for junior football. A beach soccer field is set to be built within the next months, the main idea is becoming Estadio Cuscatlán a sport venue.

Events

Although Cuscatlán stadium was primarily built to be just a football stadium, it is now also used to cater for other events. Apart from football, it is also used for concerts, cultural events, religious events and political rallies. In 2005, Colgate broke the World Record of most people brushing their teeth at the same time in this stadium.[4]

See also

References
  1. Gunther Lades. "Football stadiums of the world – Stadiums in El Salvador". Fussballtempel.net. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  2. "¿Qué podés comer en el estadio Cuscatlán, antes de la final?". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. Article on new LED screen (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2006.
  4. "Most people brushing their teeth" (Guinness World Records)

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