River Plate to expand Monumental stadium to hold 101,000 fans | OneFootball

River Plate announced this Tuesday the expansion and roofing of its iconic Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, which will become one of the largest in the world, with a capacity for 101,000 spectators.

The stadium, home of the “Millonarios” and the most important in the country, hosted the final of the 1978 World Cup and regularly hosts matches of the national team, led by Lionel Messi.

Even bigger

With its current capacity of 85,000 spectators, the Monumental is already the largest stadium in South America and, after the expansion is completed, will be among the largest in the world.

“This is a historic day,” celebrated River Plate president Stefano Di Carlo, in a video in which he announced the news on the club’s social media.

The renovation

The renovations, which are expected to begin in April and last three years, will include “a perimeter structure of columns that will support a 360-degree grandstand, adding 16,000 new seats,” explained Di Carlo.

The executive detailed that the roofing will be installed over this structure, extending to the edge of the field and covering “almost all spectators.”

According to the club’s website, the estimated cost of the renovations “will exceed 100 million dollars” (about R$ 518 million at the current exchange rate), and will be financed through a loan from international financial institutions and a new stadium sponsorship contract.

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