Estadio Luna Park
 Facade of venue, c. 2005 | |
| Former names | Estadio de Corrientes y Bouchard (planning/construction) |
|---|---|
| Address | Avenida Madero 420 C1106ABE Buenos Aires Argentina |
| Location | San Nicolás |
| Owner | Sociedad Salesiana de San Juan Bosco and Cáritas Argentina |
| Operator | Time For Fun |
| Capacity | 9,290 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1931 |
| Opened | 6 February 1932 (1932-02-06) |
| Renovated | 1934, 1951-52, 2006-08 |
| Construction cost | AR$2 million |
| Architect | Jorge Kálnay |
| Structural engineer | Mariani Hnos |
| General contractor | Westley Williams y Cía |
| Website | |
| Venue Website | |
Estadio Luna Park (commonly known as Luna Park) is a multi-purpose arena located in the heart of Buenos Aires. Located at the corner of Avenida Corrientes and Avenida Bouchard; in the San Nicolás neighborhood. Initially, the arena primarily hosted boxing and other sporting events. In the 1950s, it was expanded to host stage shows and concerts.
The stadium has hosted countless internationally famous personalities, including Pope John Paul II, several ballets, tennis and volleyball matches, world championship and important non-championship boxing fights involving Nicolino Locche,[1]Hugo Corro,[2]Santos Laciar,[3]Carlos Monzón,[4]Omar Narvaez,[5]Juan Roldán, Julio César Vásquez[6] and many other famous boxers, circuses, the Harlem Globetrotters, Holiday on Ice and many more.
The arena also hosted the 1950 FIBA World Championship, the final phase of the 1990 Basketball World Championship[7] and the 1976 Basketball Intercontinental Cup in which Real Madrid won the competition.[8]
The arena also hosted the Six Days of Buenos Aires cycle race.
Contents
1 History
2 Recordings
3 Principal concerts
4 Gallery
5 References
6 External links
History
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Buenos Aires was inhabited by thousands of immigrants from Europe. Additionally, there was an abundance of tourist from the Americas. In 1910, Italian merchant Domingo Pace built Luna Park, an open street fair in the heart of the city. By the 1920s, the amusement park became the playground of the aristocrats and wealthy in Argentina. With the change of scenery, the park began to decline and by 1929, many of the rides were abandoned.
In 1931, Ismael Pace (son of Domingo) and boxing legend Jose Pepe Lectoure purchased land from the city.[9] With the decline of Luna Park, Pace envisioned creating a sports arena in the likes of Madison Square Garden and the Berliner Sportpalast. Before opening in 1932, the arena went through three names: Estadio de Corrientes y Bouchard, Catedral del Boxeo then Palacio de los Deportes before settling on Estadio Luna Park (in remembrance of the now torn down amusement park).
Opening February 1932 as an opening air venue and carnival. The arena hosted a boxing match every Saturday, with first match being held on 5 March 1932. At this time, the arena could sit 22,000 spectators. During the off season, the arena ran rampant with the homeless, causing the venue to become an enclosed space in 1934. During the Second World War, the arena became the site of many Nazi and Fascist rallies. In 1944, during a charity event, Eva Duarte and Juan Perón met for the first time.
In the 1950s, the arena began to decline. Lectoure and Pace were pressured by the city to seek better revenue. In 1951, renovations began for the arena in the style of Art Deco, substantially, the capacity of the arena was reduced. Before construction ended, Pace and Lectoure died. Ownership of the venue was given to Lectoure's son, Juan Carlos Lectoure. Known as Tito, he convert the arena into the site for concerts and it became a major venue for the Argentine rock scene.[10]
In 2007, the arena was declared a Monumento Histórico Nacional.[11] After 80 years, the Lectoure family no longer owned the historic venue. After the death of Tito's wife, Ernestina Devecchi de Lectoure (in 2013), ownership of the arena was transferred to Sociedad Salesiana de San Juan Bosco and Cáritas Argentina.[12]
Recordings
- On March 4, 2008, the American progressive metal band Dream Theater recorded a live version of "Panic Attack" for their 3 CD/2 DVD album Chaos in Motion 2007–2008. They returned to the venue in 2012 to record a full-length live album and DVD there.
- On May 29, 2013 the Finnish singer Tarja Turunen recorded Luna Park Ride.
Emir Kusturica & No Smoking Orchestra released in 2005 the live DVD Live Is A Miracle In Buenos Aires, recorded at Luna Park.
Huracanes en Luna plateada live album by Los Piojos was released in 2002.
El Regreso, by Andrés Calamaro, was released in 2005.
Principal concerts
- Niall Horan
- Charly García
- Diana Ross
- Tokio Hotel
- Björk
- Ringo Starr
- Laura Pausini
- Deftones
- David Byrne
- Blur
- Franz Ferdinand
- Pixies
- A-ha
- La Oreja de Van Gogh
- Backstreet Boys
- Alanis Morissette
- Erasure
- Frank Sinatra
- Peter Frampton
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Hanson
- Judas Priest
- Tarja Turunen
- Nine Inch Nails
- Mark Knopfler
- Oasis
- Nelly Furtado
- Duran Duran
- ZZ Top
- White Stripes
- Arctic Monkeys
- B52's
- Pet Shop Boys
- Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra
- Tom Jones
- Megadeth
- The Rasmus
- Julio Iglesias
- Enrique Iglesias
- Shakira
- Pat Metheny Group
- RBD
- Scorpions
- Whitesnake
- UB40
- Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Dave Matthews Band
- Maroon 5
- John Mayer
- G3
- Dream Theater
- Marco Antonio Solís
- Ivete Sangalo
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Daddy Yankee
- Super Junior
- Sarah Brightman
- Quiet Riot
- The Wailers
- Placebo
- Chayanne
- Korn
- SHINee
- Heaven And Hell
- Roxette
- Deep Purple
- Creedence Clearwater Revisited
- Simply Red
- James Brown
- B.B. King
- Joss Stone
- The Cranberries
- Nightwish
- Il Divo
- Morrissey
- Empire of the Sun
- Faith No More
- Ed Sheeran
- James Blunt
- R5
- Wiz Khalifa
- Capital Cities
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Michael Bolton
- Peter Cetera
- André Rieu
- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
- Disclosure
- Pulp
- The Vamps
- 2Cellos
- Alan Parsons
- Kraftwerk
- New Order
- Garbage
- The Kooks
- Jean-Michel Jarre
Other artists that have performed at Luna Park include: Blue Man Group, Harlem Globetrotters, other events include Diego Maradona's wedding (1989) and the funerals of Carlos Gardel (1935), Julio Sosa (1964) and Ringo Bonavena (1976).
Gallery
References
^ "Entrada Ticket Boxeo Luna Park / Locche Vs Heair / Año 1975 - $ 200,00". mercadolibre.com.ar. Retrieved 17 January 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-535685648-entrada-ticket-boxeo-luna-park-corro-vs-ronnie-harris-1978-,
^ "Entrada Ticket Boxeo Luna Park / Laciar Vs Ibarra / 1981 - $ 250,00". mercadolibre.com.ar. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Carlos Monzon vs. Tony Mundine - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Omar Andres Narvaez vs. William Urina - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "BoxRec - event". boxrec.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "El Mundo en Orbyt - Suscripción digital online". elmundo.es. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Intercontinental Cup 1976". linguasport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Adios, Tito" [Goodbye, Tito]. Gente. 2 March 2002. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ Herrera, Sebastián (15 February 2011). "Luna Park: el Palacio de los Deportes" [Luna Park: the Palacio de los Deportes]. Eterna Buenos Aires. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
^ "Murió "Tito" Lectoure, el alma del Luna Park" [He died, "Tito" Lectoure, the soul of Luna Park]. La Nación. 3 January 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ "El Luna Park pasó a manos de la Iglesia" [Luna Park was handed to the Church]. Perfil. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luna Park, Buenos Aires. |
Official site (in Spanish)
| Preceded by None | FIBA Basketball World Cup Venue 1950 | Succeeded by Ginásio do Maracanãzinho Rio de Janeiro |
| Preceded by None | Pan American Games Basketball Tournament Venue 1951 | Succeeded by National Auditorium Mexico City |
| Preceded by Palasport Pianella Cucciago, Cantù | FIBA Intercontinental Cup Final Venue 1976 | Succeeded by Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva Madrid |
| Preceded by Palazzo dello Sport Rome | FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Final Venue 1982 | Succeeded by Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Paris |
| Preceded by Palacio de Deportes de la CAM Madrid | FIBA Basketball World Cup Final Venue 1990 | Succeeded by SkyDome Toronto |
| Preceded by Yoyogi National Gymnasium Tokyo | FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Final Venue 2002 | Succeeded by Yoyogi National Gymnasium Tokyo |
| Preceded by University Sports Hall Wuppertal | Artistic Skating World Championship Venue 2003 | Succeeded by Fresno Convention Center Fresno |
Coordinates: 34°36′08″S 58°22′07″W / 34.60222°S 58.36861°W / -34.60222; -58.36861
