{"id":19401,"date":"2017-05-30T18:10:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T18:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/?p=19401"},"modified":"2017-05-30T18:10:36","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T18:10:36","slug":"estadio-monumental-de-la-unsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/estadio-monumental-de-la-unsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Estadio Monumental de la UNSA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: FBC Melgar | Opening: 1995 | Capacity: 40,370 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Estadio Monumental de la UNSA, also known as Estadio Virgen del Chapi, was built in the early 1990s by UNSA University. Funds were raised through the sales of lottery tickets and the stadium was built on the field where Pope John Paul II had held the coronation of the Virgen del Chapi\u00a0in 1985.<\/p>\n

A first school match was played at the stadium in 1993, but the stadium was only partly completed and officially opened on 30 July 1995 with a match between Melgar and Allianza Lima (1-1). Melgar, having grown out of the nearby Estadio Melgar, made Estadio de la UNSA their new home.<\/p>\n

Estadio de la UNSA was one of the seven playing venues of the 2004 Copa America, hosting four first round group matches.<\/p>\n

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