The Best Football Stadiums in Latin America

Brazilian club grounds

The Beira-Rio sits on the Guaíba lakeshore in Porto Alegre, where Internacional play, and the 1960s ground was renovated for the 2014 World Cup. Grêmio play at the Arena do Grêmio, which opened in 2012, with stands close to the pitch. In São Paulo, Corinthians play at Neo Química Arena in Itaquera, Palmeiras at Allianz Parque in Perdizes, and São Paulo FC at the Morumbi, which is the largest privately owned stadium in Brazil. Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama all play at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, and Vasco also play at São Januário.

Argentine stadiums

River Plate play at the Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires, which holds 70,054 and opened in 1938. Boca Juniors play at La Bombonera in La Boca, and San Lorenzo play at the Estadio Pedro Bidegain. In Avellaneda, Independiente play at the Estadio Libertadores de América and Racing Club at the Presidente Perón stadium, known as the Cilindro. Rosario Central play at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito on the banks of the Paraná River, and Belgrano play at the Estadio Julio César Villagra in Córdoba.

Stadiums in Andean and Caribbean countries

In Lima, Club Universitario de Deportes play at the Estadio Monumental in Ate, and Alianza Lima play at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in La Victoria. In Quito, Liga Deportiva Universitaria play at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, known as La Casa Blanca. Barcelona Sporting Club play at the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha in Guayaquil, and Club Sport Emelec play at the small George Capwell stadium on San Martín Street. Deportivo Cali play in Cali, and the Colombian national team plays at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla. In Santiago, Colo-Colo play at the Estadio Monumental David Arellano, and in Asunción, Cerro Porteño play at La Nueva Olla. Uruguayan grounds in Montevideo include the Estadio Campeón del Siglo, home of Peñarol, the Gran Parque Central, home of Club Nacional, and the Estadio Centenario.