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Club: CA Boca Juniors | Opening: 1940 | Capacity: 49,000<\/p>\n
La Bombonera was built between 1938 and 1940, and, as the legend goes, received its name because the architect suddenly realised the similarities between the stadium and a chocolate (bombon) he was eating.<\/p>\n
Boca Juniors had already played at the site since 1924, which was until then a rather simple wooden stadium. After Boca bought the land in 1931, it therefore started making plans to build a new concrete stadium that could hold 100,000 fans.<\/p>\n
La Bombonera officially opened on the 25th of May 1940 with a friendly between Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo (2-0), though it took until the end of 1941 for the second tier to be completed. A third tier was finally constructed between 1951 and 1953.<\/p>\n
La Bombonera at that time had stands on three sides. The fourth side was left open with just a few VIP boxes and an obelisk, which was because of a lack of space due to the residential buildings just across the street.<\/p>\n
Boca Juniors almost moved to a new 140,000-stadium in the 1970s, but political and economical turmoil ended the construction that had just begun.<\/p>\n
In 1986, the stadium got named Estadio Alberto J. Armando in honour of the former iconic club president, but most fans have kept referring to the stadium as La Bombonera.<\/p>\n
In 1996, the VIP boxes and obelisk on the open site were replaced by a small stand that was higher than the previous one, but again mainly consisted of VIP boxes.<\/p>\n
Boca Juniors currently has plans to build a new stadium almost adjacent to La Bombonera, with a capacity of 75,000 seats divided over two tiers. La Bombonera will not get demolished though, but used for other purposes. Plans are still in preliminary stages.<\/p>\n
![\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n(photos of the present La Bombonera below)<\/p>\nHow to get to La Bombonera<\/h3>\nLa Bombonera is located south of Buenos Aires\u2019 city centre (Microcentro), at less than 4 kilometres from the Plaza de Mayo and 2 kilometres from popular nightlife area San Telmo.<\/p>\nLa Bombonera is hard to access by car and it is advised to either take a taxi or go by public transport.<\/p>\nThe stadium has no metro station in the vicinity, though the walk from the San Telmo area should take no more than half an hour.<\/p>\nThere are also many buses (colectivos) that pass close to the stadium, of which most also cross the city centre (microcentro). Take one of the following colectivos in southern direction: 10, 20, 22, 24, 25, 29, 33, 39, 46, 53, 54, 64, 70, 74, 86, 93, 102, 129, 130, 152, 159, 168, or 186.<\/p>\nAddress: Brandsen 805, Capital Federal<\/p>\n](\"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/bombonerapast\/bombonerapast1.jpg\"\n){kind=link}
![\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n(photos of the present La Bombonera below)<\/p>\nHow to get to La Bombonera<\/h3>\nLa Bombonera is located south of Buenos Aires\u2019 city centre (Microcentro), at less than 4 kilometres from the Plaza de Mayo and 2 kilometres from popular nightlife area San Telmo.<\/p>\nLa Bombonera is hard to access by car and it is advised to either take a taxi or go by public transport.<\/p>\nThe stadium has no metro station in the vicinity, though the walk from the San Telmo area should take no more than half an hour.<\/p>\nThere are also many buses (colectivos) that pass close to the stadium, of which most also cross the city centre (microcentro). Take one of the following colectivos in southern direction: 10, 20, 22, 24, 25, 29, 33, 39, 46, 53, 54, 64, 70, 74, 86, 93, 102, 129, 130, 152, 159, 168, or 186.<\/p>\nAddress: Brandsen 805, Capital Federal<\/p>\n](\"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/bombonerapast\/bombonerapast2.jpg\"\n){kind=link}
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