Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924)

{{Short description|Stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica}}

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| stadium_name = Estadio Nacional

| nickname = Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica

| image = Estadio nacional costarica.jpg

| fullname = Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica

| location = San José, Costa Rica

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| opened = 29 December 1924

| renovated = 1976

| expanded = 1941

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| demolished = 12 May 2008

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| tenants = Costa Rica national football team (1941–1999)

| seating_capacity = 25,000

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Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (Costa Rica National Stadium) was a multi-use stadium in La Sabana, San José, Costa Rica. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium held 25,000 and was built in 1924. It was replaced by the current National Stadium in 2011.{{cite web|work=La Nación|author=Calvo Castro, Rodrigo|title=Viejo Estadio|trans-title=Old Stadium|url=http://www.nacion.com/2011-04-03/Ancora/NotaPrincipal/Ancora2732728.aspx|language=Spanish|date=3 April 2011|access-date=2012-05-11|archive-date=2011-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413232214/http://www.nacion.com/2011-04-03/Ancora/NotaPrincipal/Ancora2732728.aspx|url-status=dead}}

The stadium played host to Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! Benefit Concert on September 13, 1988. The show was headlined by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band