Nuevo Gasómetro (; , named after the club's former venue, El Gasómetro),"El Gasómetro" on Viejos Estadios blogsite officially known as Pedro Bidegain Stadium (, ; named after the club's former president Pedro Bidegain) is an association football stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the southern part of the Flores district, it is the home of San Lorenzo.
History After playing their home games in other stadiums, the Nuevo Gasómetro was inaugurated in a friendly match v Chilean club Universidad Católica.Un sueño de cemento y corazón on El Gráfico, 17 Mar 2020 The first official match held in the stadium was San Lorenzo 1 v Belgrano (C) 0.
The stadium was named after Pedro Bidegain, president of the club between 1929 and 1930. The stadium has the bigger field of Argentina, measuring 110 x 70 meters.Sueño grande en campo chico on ClarínAsad decidió achicar la cancha on Mundo Azulgrana, 16 Sep 2011
Since its inauguration, the stadium has been refurbished several times, starting in 1997 with the construction of new grandstands on its sides. In 2014, the lighting was completely renovated.
Sporting events The Pedro Bidegain stadium has not been a current venue for matches of national football teams, with only three games hosted there. National sides to have played at Pedro Bidegain were Bolivia,Bolivia derrota a San Lorenzo Colombia, Senegal,Colombia empata con Senegal on El Cinco Cero and Jordan.Colombia vs Jordania report on ESPN
Return to Boedo San Lorenzo fans wish to return to their original home (Viejo Gasómetro), and won a court action saying that supermarket chain Carrefour should sell back the land that their supermarket is now built on. In July 2019, the club took ownership of the land where the Viejo Gasómetro stood.Crónica de la última utopía de San Lorenzo by Julián Zocchi on Infobae, 1 Jul 2019
See also List of football stadiums in Argentina Lists of stadiums
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