ARGENTINA - 2011 COPA AMERICA

[adeaide]

Buenos Aires , Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti , 57,921







Cordoba , Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes , 46,083







Mendoza , Estadio Mundialista Malvinas Argentinas , 40,268







La Plata , Estadio Ciudad de La Plata 53,000 (36,000 seats)







Santa Fe , Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López , 33,548







San Juan , Estadio del Bicentenario , 25,286







San Salvador de Jujuy , Estadio 23 de Agosto , 23,000







Salta , Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena , 20,408








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[RMB2007]

There's certainly some very outdated stadiums in that list. I'm guessing a major overhaul of the football stadiums in Argentina will only take place once the country gets to host another World Cup?

[LADEN]

Very Ugly stadia. But i guess good enough for copa.

[fermone04]

This last stadium is awful I can not believe they are considering this one for and important tournament like Copa American but oh well the most important thing is the game but OMG!!! Awfulness is short

[martin_FL]

[Xtremizta]

Originally Posted by fermone04

This last stadium is awful I can not believe they are considering this one for and important tournament like Copa American but oh well the most important thing is the game but OMG!!! Awfulness is short

Actually, the Copa America is the most important tournament in the continent.

[dududuarte]

And what about these stadiums?

[Sky_devil]

Shity stadiums. There are better Stadiums in Argentina but I just don't understand why they chose these.

[Bezzi]

La Plata stadium is fantastic, a World Cup level. But the others are too simple.
Were is Mar del Plata? They host the World Cup and PANAM games but is out of Copa América?

[Buffalo Soldier]

Some really great stadiums (and some not so great)

[lpioe]

What about Independiente and Boca stadium? Why are they not selected as hosts?

[dfarfan]

Originally Posted by LADEN

Very Ugly stadia. But i guess good enough for copa.

coincido!!!! los jugadores de europa ni quieren venir a jugar esta copa!!! solo algunos paises le dan importancia verdadera!!! a la semana del q gano la copa ni se acuerdan quien fue!!! los estadios es lo suficiente para este evento, en ediciones anteriores en peru, paraguay y otros, los estadios eran peores q estos!!!

[Vicman]

Ugliesssss lol What´s up with the argentinian stadiums???? In all South America??? I really dislike them, only the River Plate and La Plata´s stadiums are the best.

[Mojeda101]

They did not choose the great massive beautiful stadiums becuase they all reside in Buenos Aires, they wanted to spread them out, Although even then, they could have choose great stadiums! Where was Rosario?

[repin]

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[Mojeda101]

40,000 People packed in that stadium walking out disappointed.

[skaP187]

Yeah strange selection of stadiums. Argentina is my favourite stadium country in Latin America, only rivaled by Mexico.
In Mexico the stadiums are (much) more up to date, but the atmosfere and ´strange´ stadium shapes in Argentina I realy like. Sure there allmost all old peaces of sh.., but gives history to it also.
They could have done much better with this selection of stadiums.

[skaP187]

Originally Posted by Bezzi

La Plata stadium is fantastic, a World Cup level. But the others are too simple.
Were is Mar del Plata? They host the World Cup and PANAM games but is out of Copa América?

I like la Plata for it´s original shape, but it misses history and atmosphere mop. Plus I am not a real fan of the new roof.

[Evil78]

If you take a look at the stadiums hosting the last 3-4 (and next) European Championships you can only be amazed of the difference between UEFA and the rest of the world.... If a country like Ukraine or Poland (with no real tradition in fooball, and not major economic powers) can build some extraordinary stadiums, why couldn't Argentina do it??? I think that the standards there are just too low...

Originally Posted by skaP187

I like la Plata for it´s original shape, but it misses history and atmosphere mop. Plus I am not a real fan of the new roof.

What's original about it?? It's basically just a big hole dug in the ground (where the stands are placed on) and covered by a big ass tent, in the form of a circus...

[kerouac1848]

It's all about competition and rewards (stick and carrot ) - also known as incentive - and hence the different dynamics of the two regions.

UEFA can set high standards because a) the competition is intense between nations, which is further complemented by a significant number of very wealthy states; b) the rewards are high (large influx of visitors to boost local economy). Much of the former is also related to the fact that the clubs in a number of countries have their own motivation to build bigger and better stadia, again due to competition and rewards.

(Even then, this has only really been the case recently, since the 90s at the earliest.)

The Copa America only had 10 potential hosts none of which are massively wealthy (expect maybe Brazil and Venezuela, although they're not at, say, German levels) and all of whom have a badly organised club game were the majority of grounds are rented from local government bodies. Also, the timing and and organisation of the tournament massively devalued it until recently compared to the Euros, meaning potential rewards were much lower; if you devalue a sporting competition you reduce its potential audience.

Now, at least, they've fixed the latter problem by making a 4 year tournament held at just the right time - a year after the world cup and some time before qualification takes place.

The competition between potential hosts though is still too low though (and rewards not quite high enough, although improving). If it is true that from 2016 onwards it becomes a 16-team Copa Americas with 6 sides from CONCACAF that could help, not least because Mexico, the US and Canada would hugely intensify the competition for a hosting perspective and the possibility of an influx of people from those countries would improve the reward side.