Campo Argentino de Polo | |
Cathedral of Polo | |
Address | Avenida del Libertador and Avenida Dorrego |
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Location | Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Public transit | Mitre Line at 3 de Febrero railway station at Ministro Carranza or Palermo (within walking distance) |
Owner | Argentine Army [1] |
Operator | Argentine Polo Association [2] |
Type | Stadium |
Genre(s) | Sport events Music concerts |
Capacity | 30,000 [3] |
Surface | Grass |
Opened | October 27, 1928 |
The Campo Argentino del Polo (Argentine Polo Ground), popularly known as The Cathedral of Polo, is a multi-purpose stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is currently used mostly for polo, pato and field hockey matches. [4]
The stadium, opened in 1928, holds up to 30,000 people and is located in the Palermo neighbourhood, on Del Libertador Avenue, close to Hipódromo Argentino. [5]
This is a unique polo field, situated ten minutes away from downtown Buenos Aires, and is considered the most modern and comfortable for spectators in the sport. [5] The Campo Argentino, is the home to the Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo, the most important polo event in the world, held there since 1928. It is organized by the Asociación Argentina de Polo.
The Campo Argentino was erected on the same land where the Sociedad Sportiva Argentina stadium had been located since its establishment in 1899 until its expropriation from the Government of Argentina in 1914, when the National Army took over the stadium after the second period of five years (counting from 1909) came to an end. Ten years later, the Ministry of War led by Agustín P. Justo expropriated the lands and transferred them to the Army, which is its owner since then. [1]
After taking the lands, the Army built two polo fields (known as "canchas 1 y 2"). The Campo Argentino was officially inaugurated on October 27, 1928, with a match between civilian and military teams (named "Civiles" and "Militares" respectively). [6] The Army has rented Campo Argentino to the Argentine Polo Association since then. [2]
In 1978, the Campo Argentino was the venue for all the matches of the World Field Hockey Cup, won by Pakistan. [7] A total of seven hockey fields were specially prepared on the canchas 1 and 2 for the occasion. [8]
Defunct competition America's Polo Cup ("Copa de las Américas") took place in Campo Argentino on numerous occasions. In this classic match, the best team from Argentina played against the best one from the United States.
The stadium has been also used for music concerts. Metallica, Oasis, Jamiroquai, Santana, Shakira, Neil Young, R.E.M., Beck, Backstreet Boys, Luciano Pavarotti, Luis Miguel, Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney, The Pretenders and Phil Collins are some of the artists who have performed at Campo Argentino.
Date | Performer(s) | Tour/Event | Supporting act |
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26 February 1995 | Luciano Pavarotti | --- | --- |
12 May 2000 | Shakira | Tour Anfibio | --- |
16 January 2001 | Oasis, R.E.M., Beck, Neil Young & The Crazy Horse | Buenos Aires Hot Festival | --- |
17 January 2001 | |||
18 January 2001 | |||
2 March 2002 | Chayanne | Tour 2002 | --- |
9 March 2006 | Santana | 2006 Tour | Memphis La Blusera |
10 March 2006 | Oasis | Don't Believe the Truth Tour | Turf |
20 March 2018 | Phil Collins | Not Dead Yet Tour | The Pretenders, Hilda Lizarazu |
5 October 2018 | Ricardo Arjona | Circo Soledad Tour | --- |
23 February 2019 | Ed Sheeran | Divide Tour | Passenger |
1 March 2019 | Luis Miguel | México Por Siempre Tour | --- |
2 March 2019 | |||
23 March 2019 | Paul McCartney | Freshen Up | Victoria Bernardi |
7 March 2020 | Backstreet Boys | DNA World Tour | --- |
18 December 2021 | Soda Stereo | Gracias Totales - Soda Stereo | --- |
19 December 2021 | |||
8 April 2022 | Maroon 5 | 2020 Tour | DJ Noah Passovoy, Zoe Gotusso |
23 April 2022 | Kiss | End of the Road World Tour | --- |
30 April 2022 | Metallica | --- | Greta Van Fleet |
13 September 2022 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia Tour | Vickilicious |
14 September 2022 | |||
22 December 2022 | TINI | Tini Tour 2022-2023 | --- |
23 December 2022 | |||
9 March 2023 | Imagine Dragons | Mercury World Tour | --- |
6 March 2024 | Luis Miguel | Luis Miguel Tour 2023–24 | -- |
9 March 2024 | |||
10 March 2024 | |||
17 December 2024 | |||
18 December 2024 | |||
7 March 2025 | Shakira | Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour | --- |
8 March 2025 | |||
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