The stadium is named after Julio Grondona, co-founder, first president (1957−1976), and player of Arsenal F.C.[5] and then president of the Argentine Football Association from 1979 to his death in 2014.[6]
The stadium was built during the presidency of Mario Actis on a land that belonged to the General Direction of Ports of Buenos Aires. The first grandstand was acquired to Club Atlético Banfield while the stalls (with capacity for 1,400 people) was built with money given by club members, the same for the press booths.[1]
Arsenal invested m$n14 million to build the stadium, originally for 5,000 spectators. The first match held in the stadium was on 22 August 1964, when Arsenal played vs Almirante Brown, winning 2–0 (Grudzien and Grondona[n 1][8] scored). But it was not until 12 October 1964 when the stadium was officially inaugurated in a friendly match, Arsenal vs Banfield.[1]
The crowd at the stadium during a political event in June 2017
In 2001, the club built a new grandstand made of concrete. During the time works were carried out, the team played their home venues at C.A. Lanús Stadium, returning to Sarandí in December. After Arsenal promoted to Primera División in 2002, the club decided to completely refurbish the stadium, replacing the remaining wooden grandstands for concrete ones. As a result, the team had to move to other venues while works were in progress, first to Lanús Stadium and then to Racing Stadium.[1][9]
Works finished in 2004, and the stadium was officially re-inaugurated in the 2010 Copa Sudamericana match when Arsenal vs Banfield,[2] which was also Arsenal's debut in an international football competition.[1] The match ended 1–1.[10]
^Source does not indicate if the player was Julio or Héctor Grondona (his brother), who also played for Arsenal, apart of being one of their founding members.[7]
estadio, julio, humberto, grondona, nicknamed, viaducto, football, stadium, located, city, sarandí, avellaneda, partido, argentina, owned, operated, arsenal, fútbol, club, capacity, spectators, julio, grondona, stadiumestadio, julio, grondonael, viaductothe, s. Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona nicknamed El Viaducto 3 is a football stadium located in the city of Sarandi in Avellaneda Partido Argentina It is owned and operated by Arsenal Futbol Club 4 and has a capacity of 18 500 spectators 2 Julio Grondona StadiumEstadio Julio GrondonaEl ViaductoThe stadium in 1999Full nameEstadio Julio Humberto GrondonaAddressSarandiArgentinaOwnerArsenal F C Capacity18 500 2 Field size103 x 70 m 1 SurfaceGrassConstructionOpenedOctober 12 1964 1964 10 12 1 Renovated2004TenantsArsenal F C Websitearsenalfc com ar estadioThe stadium is named after Julio Grondona co founder first president 1957 1976 and player of Arsenal F C 5 and then president of the Argentine Football Association from 1979 to his death in 2014 6 Contents 1 Overview 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksOverview editThe stadium was built during the presidency of Mario Actis on a land that belonged to the General Direction of Ports of Buenos Aires The first grandstand was acquired to Club Atletico Banfield while the stalls with capacity for 1 400 people was built with money given by club members the same for the press booths 1 Arsenal invested m n14 million to build the stadium originally for 5 000 spectators The first match held in the stadium was on 22 August 1964 when Arsenal played vs Almirante Brown winning 2 0 Grudzien and Grondona n 1 8 scored But it was not until 12 October 1964 when the stadium was officially inaugurated in a friendly match Arsenal vs Banfield 1 nbsp The crowd at the stadium during a political event in June 2017In 2001 the club built a new grandstand made of concrete During the time works were carried out the team played their home venues at C A Lanus Stadium returning to Sarandi in December After Arsenal promoted to Primera Division in 2002 the club decided to completely refurbish the stadium replacing the remaining wooden grandstands for concrete ones As a result the team had to move to other venues while works were in progress first to Lanus Stadium and then to Racing Stadium 1 9 Works finished in 2004 and the stadium was officially re inaugurated in the 2010 Copa Sudamericana match when Arsenal vs Banfield 2 which was also Arsenal s debut in an international football competition 1 The match ended 1 1 10 In 2017 former President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was the only speaker in the launching of her political party Unidad Ciudadana held in Estadio Julio Grondona 11 12 Notes edit Source does not indicate if the player was Julio or Hector Grondona his brother who also played for Arsenal apart of being one of their founding members 7 References edit a b c d e f Estadio on Arsenal F C website a b c Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona on Copa Argentina website El viaducto es un testigo incredulo by Diego Mazzei on La Nacion 16 Nov 2007 archived Venue Profile Arsenal de Sarandi del nombre que no fue al fanatismo en Inglaterra on TyC 13 Jan 2023 Julio Grondona el animal politico del futbol argentino on Telam 18 Sep 2021 Fallecio Hector Grondona hermano menor de Julio y ex Presidente de Independiente Infobae 12 Nov 2017 La historia de Julio Grondona como futbolista La Nacion 31 Jul 2014 1 ARSENAL 1 TALLERES on Pagina 12 3 Aug 2003 Copa Sudamericana 2004 by Juan Pablo Andres on the RSSSF Cristina Kirchner lanzo Unidad Ciudadana pero no confirmo si sera candidata Telam 20 Jun 2017 Ante una multitud Cristina Kirchner lanzo el frente Unidad Ciudadana on Infobae 20 Jun 2017External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona Official website nbsp 34 40 42 S 58 20 25 W 34 67833 S 58 34028 W 34 67833 58 34028 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona amp oldid 1193840987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
