Estadio Centenario

It was closed, with no reason given, despite being advertised as open. Hugely disappointing.

It didn’t open. I went along on a Wednesday morning, having checked that the opening hours were 10am to 5pm. So at 10am I and several bus loads of tourists found ourselves staring at the notice on t...

Random slice of Uruguayan sports history at historical stadium

Entry fee is 300 pesos for the museum and stadium. Can pay an additional 150 pesos to access the observation deck of the tower (we did not elect to do this). Cool to see original World Cup stadium, th...

Football Monument

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The Centenary Football Stadium was built to celebrate the first championship of this discipline in the world in the centenary of the independence of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay in 19...

Iconic!!!

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Since you get a great emotion of the things that have lived in the stage, outside may seem not spectacular, but when you enter, you feel the energy.

For all football fans, one must be. The first football World Cup took place in July 1930 :-)

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In Centenario - Montevideos Stadium took place the first football world in July 1930, without German participation, as travel costs and starting fees were simply too high. I thought I was looking a foot...