Estadio Aldo Cantoni

The Estadio Aldo Cantoni is an indoor arena located in the city of San Juan, capital of San Juan Province. It is mainly use by UPCN Vóley Club and Obras Pocito for its home matches for the Serie A1, the top level of the Argentine men's volleyball league system. UPCN Vóley Club won the national league for six consecutive years, from 2010-11 to 2015-16 season.[1]

Estadio Aldo Cantoni
Full nameEstadio Cerrado Doctor Aldo Cantoni
LocationSan Juan, Argentina
Capacity8,000
Construction
OpenedJuly 1st, 1967
Renovated1989, 2001, 2011, 2016
Tenants
San Juan Province Government

Roller hockey is a very popular sport in Cuyo, specially in San Juan Province. This stadium has hosted five times the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup, and it is also used by several teams for their Liga Nacional Argentina A-1 matches.[2]

San Juan was one of the venues for the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, hosting five out of six matches for Group A. The opening match of the tournament, between Argentina and Australia, was held at the Luna Park Stadium, in Buenos Aires.

The stadium was named after Aldo Cantoni (1892-1948), politician, governor of San Juan Province between 1926 and 1928, twice President of the Club Atlético Huracán, President of the Argentine Football Association and co-founder of the Unión Cívica Radical Bloquista political party.

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On September 28, 1979, the world star Raffaella Carrà gave a concert. The movement that she generated was such that it was even decided to modify some aspects of the stadium to improve the acoustics and make it perfect just for her. At the same time an international technical team arrived in the province to set up the stage and arrange the lights under which the singer would perform.

References
  1. "ESTADIOS SERIE A1 : ACLAV – Asociación de Clubes Liga Argentina de Voleibol". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  2. "Noticias sobre seccion". Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-18.

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