The Estadio Malvinas Argentinas is a stadium, in the city of Mendoza, Argentina

Mendoza, Argentina

Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993...

, at General San Martín Park

General San Martín Park

The Parque General San Martín is a park located in the city of Mendoza, Argentina.-Overview:The construction of the park, originally named Parque del Oeste , began on December 6, 1896, under the direction of the landscape architect Carlos Thays, who employed a combination of English and French 19th...

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It was built in 1976 in preparation for the 1978 World Cup

1978 FIFA World Cup

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. It has capacity for 45,000 spectators, although it doesn't provide seating for all of them, not many Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 stadiums do.

The stadium used to be named Ciudad de Mendoza ("City of Mendoza"), but was later renamed after the events of the Falklands War

Falklands War

The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

 of 1982. The new name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...

 (Islas Malvinas in Spanish), and could be translated as "Argentine Falklands Stadium".

After the arrival of Godoy Cruz

Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba

Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded...

 to the Argentine Football First Division

Primera División Argentina

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, the stadium will start having a wider use, because, until 2006, no football team from Mendoza had ever reached that level, although some have played in the Torneo Nacional, which was the top national tournament between 1967–1985 and Argentinos Juniors

Argentinos Juniors

Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

 used it for a season as their home court.

The stadium played host to Amnesty International

Amnesty International

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's Human Rights Now! Benefit Concert on October 14, 1988. The show was headlined by Sting and Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

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 and also featured Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

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 & The E Street Band

E Street Band

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, Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

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 and Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, percussionist and occasional actor. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal and much of Africa, "perhaps the most famous singer alive." He helped develop a style of popular music in Senegal, known in the Serer language as mbalax, a type of music...

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