Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
Location	Camino Las Flores, 13000, Las Condes, Chile
Owner	Universidad Católica
Operator	Universidad Católica
Capacity	14,768
Field size	108 m × 68 m (354 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1988; 36 years ago
Renovated	1994, 2012, 2014, 2022-2024
Architect	Esteban Barbieri
Tenants
	Universidad Católica; Chile national football team (selected matches)

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo is a football stadium, in Las Condes in the metropolitan region of Santiago de Chile. It is used mostly for home matches stadium of the Chilean top club CD Universidad Católica which also owns the stadium. The stadium was built in 1988 and currently holds 14,768 people.

At the club's beginning, all sports were on Santa Rosa de las Condes Stadium, which is a big sport centre that is going to be demolished and transported to San Carlos. The club president of the time Manuel Vélez Samaniego decided to open this sports complex.

By 1945, the club played as the home team at the Independencia Stadium which was demolished because of the financial problems of the club, and started to play at Unión Española Stadium, the Santa Laura. In 1980, the idea of a new stadium comes out, the stadium was opened on September 4, 1988, the football stadium was not the whole complex, the stadium had also rugby, athletics and some other sport fields.

The highest attendance for a football match at San Carlos de Apoquindo to date is 20,936, for a 0–0 tie between Universidad Católica and Cobreloa on November 1, 1992.

Concerts

The stadium has hosted concerts by famous artists, spanning many different genres.

UB40: March 18, 1989.^[2]
Roxette: April 25, 1992, Join the Joyride! Tour.^[3]
Pat Metheny: September 16, 1993, as can be heard on the album Secret Story (album).^[4]
INXS: March 5, 1994.^[5]
Sting: March 28, 1994.^[6]
Whitney Houston: April 14, 1994, The Bodyguard World Tour.^[7]
Oasis: March 14, 1998, Be Here Now Tour.^[8]
Luis Miguel: November 7&8, 1997, Romances Tour.
Blondie: November 5, 2004.
Avril Lavigne: September 15, 2005, Bonez Tour.
Pearl Jam: November 22 & 23, 2005.
Tom Jones: February 24, 2006.
The Black Eyed Peas: November 19, 2006, Monkey Business Tour.
Björk: November 10, 2007, Volta Tour.
Rod Stewart: April 8, 2008.
Queen + Paul Rodgers: November 19, 2008.
Los Jaivas, December 11, 2021.

Video clips & music

Part of Pearl Jam's "World Wide Suicide" clip was filmed in the dresser rooms of the stadium.

Roxette's hit "It Must Have Been Love" (Live In San Carlos de Apoquindo) was included in their Tourism album (1992). In the booklet it reads: Vocals: Marie Fredriksson / Backing vocals: 45.000 Chilean fans.

References

^ Anuario Conmebol Sudamericana 2022. CONMEBOL. 3 April 2023. p. 66. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
^ Rock&Pop, Equipo (18 August 2017). "UB40 agendó un nuevo concierto en nuestro país" (in Spanish). Rock&Pop. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Alarcón, Maximiano (29 November 2019). "1992: El año en que Roxette llegó por primera vez a Chile" (in Spanish). Rock&Pop. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Puebla, Diego (23 August 2022). "Pat Metheny en Chile 2022: ¿Qué entradas quedan para el show?" (in Spanish). Futuro. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Puebla, Diego (26 May 2020). "Michael Hutchence estuvo en Chile y entrada costó entre 4 mil a 12 mil pesos" (in Spanish). Futuro. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ García, Bastián (8 September 2015). "Tras cuatro años, Sting regresa a Chile con concierto de grandes éxitos" (in Spanish). T13. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Barros R., Manuel (12 February 2012). "La única visita de Whitney Houston a Chile, 16 años después" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Oasis: Live at Apoquindo Stadium". IMDB. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] Anuario Conmebol Sudamericana 2022. CONMEBOL. 3 April 2023. p. 66. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

[2] Rock&Pop, Equipo (18 August 2017). "UB40 agendó un nuevo concierto en nuestro país" (in Spanish). Rock&Pop. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Alarcón, Maximiano (29 November 2019). "1992: El año en que Roxette llegó por primera vez a Chile" (in Spanish). Rock&Pop. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] Puebla, Diego (23 August 2022). "Pat Metheny en Chile 2022: ¿Qué entradas quedan para el show?" (in Spanish). Futuro. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] Puebla, Diego (26 May 2020). "Michael Hutchence estuvo en Chile y entrada costó entre 4 mil a 12 mil pesos" (in Spanish). Futuro. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[6] García, Bastián (8 September 2015). "Tras cuatro años, Sting regresa a Chile con concierto de grandes éxitos" (in Spanish). T13. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] Barros R., Manuel (12 February 2012). "La única visita de Whitney Houston a Chile, 16 años después" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[8] "Oasis: Live at Apoquindo Stadium". IMDB. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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