Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo

Claro Arena

Location	Camino Las Flores, 13000, Las Condes, Chile
Owner	Universidad Católica
Operator	Universidad Católica
Capacity	20,000 [1]
Record attendance	20,936 [2]
Field size	108 m × 68 m (354 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Artificial turf
Construction
Opened	1988;36 years ago (1988)
Renovated	1994, 2012, 2014, 2022-2024
Architect	Esteban Barbieri (1988) César Azcárate (2024)
Tenants
Universidad Católica Chile national football team (selected matches) Major sporting events hosted 1994 Copa Interamericana 2001–02 World Sevens Series 2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy 2011 Copa Chile 2014 Supercopa de Chile 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, also referred to as Claro Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium, in Las Condes in the metropolitan region of Santiago de Chile. The stadium, located into the San Carlos de Apoquindo Sports Complex was built in 1988 and currently holds 20,000 people. It is used mostly for home matches stadium of the Chilean top club Universidad Católica which also owns the stadium.

The stadium hosted an Copa Interamericana final, among other events such as Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and Copa Mercosur matches. Chilean league championships and cups have been held at this venue, mostly in favor of Universidad Católica. The stadium also hosted the Chile national football team in five matches of the Qatar 2022 qualifiers. ^{[3] [4]}

History

Universidad Católica has owned four stadiums: Estadio Universidad Católica, located in the Maestranza and Marcoleta sector; Campos de Sports de Ñuñoa, which already had an extensive history in Chilean sports; Independencia, located in the homonymous commune of Santiago and inaugurated on October 12, 1945; and San Carlos de Apoquindo, which opened its doors on September 4, 1988. The football stadium was not the whole complex, the stadium had also rugby, athletics and some other sport fields.

On the grass of San Carlos de Apoquindo, Universidad Católica has won various trophies. For example, in the Chilean Primera División in the seasons 2002 (Apertura tournament), 2010, 2016 (Clausura tournament), 2019 (Season where the team received the trophy at home without playing the last games due to the social outbreak of that year) y 2020. ^{[5] [6]}

San Carlos de Apoquindo also knew about international competitions. In 1994, Católica faced Saprissa of Costa Rica in the final of the 1993 Copa Interamericana, winning with an aggregate score of 6-4 (3–1 in favor of each team in the round-trip matches, and 2–0 in the extension of the revenge game). In that final game, Juvenal Olmos' goal was essential to force overtime when the final minutes of regulation time were played. ^[7]

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. The number of recitals performed that same year in San Carlos is recorded in parentheses.

• 1989: UB40 ^[8]
• 1991: Luciano Pavarotti ^[9]
• 1992: Roxette, ^[10] Luis Miguel
• 1993: Simply Red, ^[11] Pat Metheny ^[12]
• 1994: INXS, ^[13] Sting, ^[14] James Taylor, Eros Ramazzotti, Whitney Houston ^[15]
• 1995: Phil Collins (3)
• 1997: Luis Miguel (2) ^[16]
• 1998: Oasis, ^[17] Andrea Bocelli
• 1999: Luis Miguel
• 2002: Chayanne
• 2003: Miguel Bosé, Luis Miguel
• 2004: The Chemical Brothers, The Mars Volta, PJ Harvey, Morrissey, Gustavo Cerati, Blondie ^[18]
• 2005: Avril Lavigne, ^[19] Mudhoney (2), Pearl Jam (2) ^[20]
• 2006: La Oreja de Van Gogh, Ian Brown, The Bravery, The Rasmus, The Black Eyed Peas ^[21]
• 2007: La Oreja de Van Gogh, Tom Jones, ^[22] Lucybell, Placebo, Björk ^[23]
• 2008: Journey, Peter Frampton, Earth, Wind & Fire, Rod Stewart, ^[24] Queen + Paul Rodgers ^[25]
• 2021: Los Jaivas, ^[26] Los Tres, Javiera y los Imposibles, David Lebón

Along with some of those already mentioned, there were other artists who performed at the old Events Center (Centro de Eventos), attached to the stadium. These include Lisa Stansfield, Camilo Sesto and Air Supply.

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

1. Modernización Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo (in Spanish). Wsp. 2023. Retrieved 28 Jan 2024.
2. El detalle del partido que tuvo más público en la historia del viejo San Carlos de Apoquindo: un empate entre la Universidad Católica y el Cobreloa que fue campeón de 1992 (in Spanish). Redgol. 2022. Retrieved 19 Apr 2024.
3. "Estadio" (in Spanish). Cruzados. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
4. García Mendoza, Javier. "Las razones de La Roja para volver a San Carlos de Apoquindo por las Eliminatorias ante Uruguay" (in Spanish). En cancha. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
5. "Con cánticos y una íntima celebración la UC recibe su copa como bicampeón del fútbol chileno" (in Spanish). T13. 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
6. Valenzuela, Nicolás (2022). "El crecimiento en los títulos de la UC desde que se inauguró San Carlos de Apoquindo" (in Spanish). TNT Sports. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
7. Navarrete, Luis (2020). "1 de noviembre: la UC se consagra campeón de la Copa Interamericana" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
8. Rock&Pop, Equipo (18 August 2017). "UB40 agendó un nuevo concierto en nuestro país" (in Spanish). Rock&Pop. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
9. "El fuerte lazo de Pavarotti con Chile" (in Spanish). Emol. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
10. 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.
11. Jürgensen, Mauricio (19 February 2010). "Simply Red vende nueve mil tickets a más de dos meses de su concierto en Santiago" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
12. Puebla, Diego (23 August 2022). "Pat Metheny en Chile 2022: ¿Qué entradas quedan para el show?" (in Spanish). Futuro. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
13. 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.
14. García, Bastián (8 September 2015). "Tras cuatro años, Sting regresa a Chile con concierto de grandes éxitos" (in Spanish). T13. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
15. 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.
16. Vergara, Claudio (28 August 2023). "Cuando Luis Miguel enfrentó a Álvaro Salas por un chiste sobre Manzanero: "Él es más alto que tú"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
17. "Oasis: Live at Apoquindo Stadium". IMDB. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
18. Mostrador, El (26 September 2004). "Festival SUE II trae a Morrisey y Blondie" (in Spanish). El Mostrador. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
19. Mostrador, El (16 September 2005). "Avril Lavigne tuvo un fugaz pero consistente paso por Santiago" (in Spanish). Cooperativa. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
20. Muñoz, Héctor (22 November 2023). "Pearl Jam, a 18 años de su debut en Chile: un concierto cargado de amor" (in Spanish). Futuro. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
21. "Black Eyed Peas: los dueños del hit del último año vienen a Chile en noviembre" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
22. "Tom Jones brindó su último concierto antes de despedirse de Chile" (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 25 February 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
23. "Björk ofreció un impecable show con la precordillera como telón de fondo" (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 11 November 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
24. González, Andrea (9 April 2008). "Rod Stewart volvió a encantar a sus fanáticos" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
25. Inostroza, María Ignacia (18 November 2019). "19 de noviembre de 2008: El primer concierto de Queen en Chile" (in Spanish). Rock&Pop. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
26. de culto, Equipo (19 November 2021). "Los Jaivas celebran 40 años de Alturas de Machu Picchu con un concierto en San Carlos de Apoquindo" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

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