{"id":10917,"date":"2012-10-04T16:19:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T16:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/?p=10917"},"modified":"2017-04-14T20:20:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:20:07","slug":"olimpicoatahualpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/olimpicoatahualpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Estadio Ol\u00edmpico Atahualpa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Estadio<\/p>\n

Key facts<\/h3>\n

Clubs: Deportivo Quito, El Nacional & Universidad Catolica | Opening: 1951 | Capacity: 35,742 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Estadio Ol\u00edmpico Atahualpa was built in 1948 by the city of Quito. Construction took three years, and the stadium officially opened on 25 November 1951.<\/p>\n

Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa\u00a0got further expanded in 1977 and underwent several refurbishments over the years, though its basic shape has remained very much the same.<\/p>\n

The stadium can be rented by any club or association, and has therefore been used by many of the city\u2019s clubs. It was initially also the regular home of Liga de Quito, but the club moved out to the new club-owned Casa Blanca in 1997. El Nacional has plans to build their own club-owned stadium.<\/p>\n

Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa is also the standard playing venue of the Ecuadorian national team.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the city of Quito announced plans for a renovation of the stadium, starting with a study to investigate the possibilities.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, they already performed some smaller refurbishments, which included the numbering of seats (on the concrete benches), hereby reducing capacity from over 40,000 to 35,742 seats.<\/p>\n

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