It was built to be one venues of the 2007 Copa América and it would also serve as one of the venues for the National Games of Venezuela Andes 2005. The stadium is part of a major sports complex, called Cinco Águilas Blancas located in the south of the city, in a zone called Urbanizacion Hacienda.
Its construction started in 2005 when it was decided that Mérida was going to be a subvenue for the National Venezuelan Games in that same year and for the Copa America 2007. 165 days later after construction started, the stadium was opened momentarily on December 7, 2005 for the opening of the National Games with only one seating area built, out of 4 and 2 more minor seating areas, giving the event a capacity for 16,000 people.
After the National Games finished, the stadium was temporarily closed for an inspection, then after building a big part of the stadium in so little time, the government of Mérida gave 30,000,000 bolivares to the contractors of the stadium. The government starts in January 2006 an audit to determine the costs of the stadium for the government determining that the initial cost (150,000,000 bolivares) was not enough and that it had to be raised to 230,000,000 bolivares (US$107,274,982) to finish the stadium and to be able in participate in the Copa America 2007.
estadio, metropolitano, mérida, estadio, olimpico, metropolitano, mérida, estadio, metropolitano, soccer, stadium, located, city, mérida, venezuela, stadium, completed, ready, host, games, copa, america, full, nameestadio, olímpico, metropolitano, méridalocati. The Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano de Merida or Estadio Metropolitano is a soccer stadium located in the city of Merida in Venezuela Estadio Metropolitano de MeridaThe stadium completed ready to host the games for the Copa America Full nameEstadio Olimpico Metropolitano de MeridaLocationMerida VenezuelaCapacity42 20040 906 international 1 ConstructionBuilt2005Opened25 May 2007Construction costUS 107 millionTenantsEstudiantes de Merida FC It was built to be one venues of the 2007 Copa America and it would also serve as one of the venues for the National Games of Venezuela Andes 2005 The stadium is part of a major sports complex called Cinco Aguilas Blancas located in the south of the city in a zone called Urbanizacion Hacienda Contents 1 History 2 Description 3 2007 Copa America 4 References 5 External linksHistory editIts construction started in 2005 when it was decided that Merida was going to be a subvenue for the National Venezuelan Games in that same year and for the Copa America 2007 165 days later after construction started the stadium was opened momentarily on December 7 2005 for the opening of the National Games with only one seating area built out of 4 and 2 more minor seating areas giving the event a capacity for 16 000 people After the National Games finished the stadium was temporarily closed for an inspection then after building a big part of the stadium in so little time the government of Merida gave 30 000 000 bolivares to the contractors of the stadium The government starts in January 2006 an audit to determine the costs of the stadium for the government determining that the initial cost 150 000 000 bolivares was not enough and that it had to be raised to 230 000 000 bolivares US 107 274 982 to finish the stadium and to be able in participate in the Copa America 2007 Description editThis is the fourth largest stadium in Venezuela behind the Estadio Monumental of Maturin 52 000 persons Jose Pachencho Romero of Maracaibo 46 000 persons and the Polideportivo Cachamay in Puerto Ordaz 42 500 persons with a capacity of 42 200 distributed in 4 stands of 50 000 m2 nbsp Inside the stadium 2007 Copa America editThe stadium was one of the venues for the Copa America 2007 hosting three matches from Group A of said competition Date Time EDT Team 1 Res Team 2 Round 2007 06 26 18 00 nbsp Uruguay 0 3 nbsp Peru Group A 2007 07 03 18 30 nbsp Peru 2 2 nbsp Bolivia 20 45 nbsp Venezuela 0 0 nbsp UruguayReferences edit Anuario Conmebol Sudamericana 2022 CONMEBOL 3 April 2023 p 136 Retrieved 12 May 2023 External links editStadiumDB com images 8 33 23 N 71 13 00 W 8 55639 N 71 21667 W 8 55639 71 21667 nbsp This article about a Venezuelan sports venue is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Estadio Metropolitano de Merida amp oldid 1218539389, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
