Estadio Comandante Andrés Guacurarí is a football stadium located in the city of Garupá in the Misiones Province of Argentina. It is owned and operated by local club Crucero del Norte and was opened in 2003. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 spectators.
The stadium was named after Andrés Guazurary (1778?–?),30 de noviembre: Día de Andrés Guacurarí on Tribunal Electoral de Misiones, 16 Nov 2023 a military and caudillo of the provinceQuién fue el comandante Andresito on Terra.com.ar, 2 Jul 2013 v(archived) who served in the Army of the North of Manuel Belgrano, and in the Artiguista Army during the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental, as General Commander. He died in Rio de Janeiro in 1825.CFK: Ascenso a General a Andrés Guacurarí y Artigas , Noticias del 6, 2 April 2014. Guazurary had also a brief tenure as governor of the province between 1815 and 1816.
Overview The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 spectators and the field's dimensions are 110 x 75, which makes Estadio Andrés Guacurarí have the largest football pitch among the clubs affiliated to AFA that play official competitions organised by the body.
After an initiative from the major of Posadas Orlando Franco and the Governor of Misiones Maurice Closs, the stadium was about to be given the name "Cristina Fernández de Kirchner" in June 2013. The ceremony would be conducted before a friendly match between Crucero del Norte and Paraguayan Club Libertad.CRISTINA TENDRÁ SU ESTADIO DE FÚTBOL on Diario Registrado, 18 Jun 2013La cancha de Crucero del Norte pasará a llamarse "Cristina Fernández de Kirchner" on Diario Uno – 18 Jun 2013 (archived) Nevertheless, the initiative was dismissed by Fernández herself, who rejected the idea.Cristina agradeció la intención de ponerle su nombre a un estadio pero pidió que no se haga on Télam, 22 Jun 2013 One year later, new stalls were built in the stadium, expanding its capacity to 15,000 people.
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