Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1926)

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (Costa Rica National Stadium) was a multi-use stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

in La Sabana

La Sabana

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, San José

San José, Costa Rica

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, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

. It was used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

matches. The stadium held 25,000 and was built in 1924. It was replaced by the current National Stadium.

The stadium played host to Amnesty International

Amnesty International

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's Human Rights Now! Benefit Concert on September 13, 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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, Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

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and Guadalupe Urbina.

Lasts Numbers

Last Development

Summer Final Quarters (2007) match between UCR

Club de Futbol Universidad de Costa Rica

Club de Fútbol de la Universidad de Costa Rica is a Costa Rican football club, currently playing in the Primera División.It ended up Champion in the 2006-2007 Segunda División season, and therefore will be playing in the Primera División this season...

and Brujas FC

Last Penalty

Reynaldo Parks (UCR

Club de Futbol Universidad de Costa Rica

) at minute 77.

Last Official Goal

The Brazilian, Ronio Martins (UCR

Club de Futbol Universidad de Costa Rica

) at minute 93.

Last Result

UCR 2 - Brujas FC 3

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