South American Games: packed stadiums and Fan Fest on Spring Day | OneFootball

Rosario’s Independencia Park brought together 60,000 people for a day that concluded with Turf, following the men’s under-19 national team match at Newell’s stadium and Argentina’s two rugby sevens gold medals at the Oval, among other competitions.

The celebration of Spring Day added another massive day this Monday at the Santa Fe 2026 South American Games. The Rosario Fan Fest gathered 60,000 people at Independencia Park, where sports and music shared center stage throughout a day marked by competitions and an artistic lineup that culminated with Turf.

Sports activities began early and continued throughout the day at different venues across the city. Newell’s stadium hosted the Argentina men’s under-19 football team’s match against Venezuela, while the Hipódromo Oval drew a huge crowd for the rugby sevens finals. There, Argentina’s women’s and men’s teams won the gold medals, in a finale backed by packed stands.

ISEF 11 hosted the badminton team competitions and the racquetball qualifying rounds; the National Flag Memorial held the frontball matches; and La Rural hosted squash and the Greco-Roman wrestling qualifying rounds.

There was also action in women’s football, with the match between Paraguay and Chile, and in the men’s tournament, with Paraguay facing Uruguay, Peru taking on Panama, and Argentina against Venezuela. Tennis was played at the Hipódromo Oval, alongside the rugby sevens finals, while the Invencible Arena hosted the rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline finals.

Rosario’s schedule also included water polo matches at the Aquatic Museum/Center, with Argentina and Brazil closing out the men’s program; table tennis matches at the Club Provincial; men’s indoor volleyball at the Claudio Newell’s stadium; and rubber pelota trinquete matchups at Club GER.

As evening fell, Independencia Park added music to the sports gathering. The Fan Fest stage featured Mery Granados, El Purre, Tobías Arribillaga, Parientes, Chicos Vaca y Coral, before performances by Benjamín Amadeo first and then Turf. Joaquín Levinton’s band was in charge of closing a day that turned the park into one of spring’s main meeting points.

The celebration was also felt at the other venues. The Parque del Sur Fan Fest, in the city of Santa Fe, drew 10,000 people for the shows by Santa Ska, Vale Acevedo, Mathungo y la Hot Band, Ser, Bandalos Chinos, and Nuestro Romance. In Rafaela, the Invencible Rafaela Fan Fest brought together DJ Gian Chiarelli, La Perla del West, Franca Quaranta, Dandy Dominó, and Lichi.

With free admission through a QR code, the Fan Fests once again expanded the South American Games experience with a sports, cultural, and popular program that brought together thousands of families and young people in the three host cities.

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