Estadio José Antonio Romero Feris is a football stadium located in the city of Corrientes in the homonymous province of Argentina. It is owned and operated by local C.A. Huracán and was opened in 1986. The stadium has a capacity of 14,000 spectators.
Apart from Huracán, other clubs of Corrientes have used the stadium to host their home football matches, some of they are Boca Unidos,Boca Unidos y Crucero del Norte arrancan su camino en la Copa on Copa Argentina.org, 28 Jan 2013 Deportivo Mandiyú,#SubíQueTeLlevo Deportivo Mandiyú on AFA, 27 Dec 2016Mandiyú derrotó a Yaguareté 4 a 1 on Radio Continental Corrientes, 22 Mar 2023 and Textil Mandiyú.Deportivo se impuso sobre Téxtil en el clásico de los Mandiyú on Copa Argentina.org, 19 Nov 2020
The stadium was named after José Romero Feris, a politician with a long career who served as Governor of the province (1983–87),Pocho Romero Feris, de vuelta al ruedo de la política grande on El Libertador, 23 Oct 2023 and Senator of Argentina (1987–2001)José A. Romero Feris (profile) on Senado de Argentina among other positions.Perfil de los Romero Feris by Pablo J. Bianco on Perfil, 16 Jul 2019 Romero Feris also served as president of Huracán and was promotor of its construction.
Located in the Barrio Berón de Astrada of Corrientes, the stadium was inaugured on 26 July 2016, in a 1986–87 Primera B Nacional match between Deportivo Mandiyú and Deportivo Armenio that resulted in a scoreless tie.Argentina Primera B Nacional 1986-87 on the RSSSF Then President of the Argentine Football Association, Julio Grondona, kicked off the match.
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