Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Pedro Marrero, the former home of CF Ciudad de La Habana, is a multi-purpose stadium in Havana, Cuba. It is now used primarily for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 and was built in 1929.
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| Location |  Havana, Cuba |
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| Coordinates | 23°06′26″N 82°24′47″W / 23.107251°N 82.412918°W |
| Owner | Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba |
| Capacity | 30,000 [1] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Manual (non-electric) |
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| Built | 1929 |
| Opened | 10 October 1930 |
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| Cuba national football team | |
History edit
Originally named Gran Stadium Cervecería Tropical (or familiarly, La Tropical), it hosted the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games, the 1937 Bacardi Bowl and many Cuban League baseball games. After the revolution, it was renamed for Pedro Marrero, a young man who died in the attack on the Moncada Barracks.[2]
Geography edit
The stadium is located in the ward of Ceiba, part of the municipal borough of Playa; next to the borders with Nuevo Vedado, borough of Plaza de la Revolución.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Estadio Pedro Marrero at aymsports.com.mx". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ^ González Echevarría, Roberto (1999), The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball, Oxford University Press, p. 217, ISBN 0-19-514605-0
- ^ 259548259 Estadio Pedro Marrero on OpenStreetMap
External links edit
Media related to Estadio Pedro Marrero at Wikimedia Commons
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