Estadio Palogrande

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| name = Palogrande Stadium

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| caption = Estadio Palogrande inside

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| location = Manizales, Colombia

| coordinates = {{coord|5.056233|-75.489807|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| opened = 1936 (first stadium)
{{Start date|1994|07|30}} (current stadium)

| renovated = 2010-2011, 2019 (current stadium)

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| demolished = 1993 (first stadium)

| owner = Municipality of Manizales

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| surface = Kikuyu Grass

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| cost = $ 5,500 million pesos (1994)

| architect = Jorge Gutiérrez Duque and Enrique Gómez Gómez

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| capacity = 31,611

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| dimensions = 110 x 70 m

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| tenants = Once Caldas

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Estadio Palogrande is a multi-purpose stadium in Manizales, Colombia with a capacity of 31,611.{{cite web |title=FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: Bid Evaluation Report |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7776e81fab19b0c7/original/hygmh1hhjpg30lbd6ppe.pdf |publisher=FIFA |access-date=7 June 2023 |pages=128–129 |date=10 June 2020}} It is currently used mostly for football (soccer) matches as home venue of the Once Caldas, winners of the 2004 Copa Libertadores.

History

The first Palogrande was built in 1936 and demolished in 1993, and the current Palogrande was inaugurated in 1994.

With renovations made for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, the stadium capacity dropped from 42,678 to 32,000 people,{{Cite web |url=http://www.ligapostobon.com.co/noticia/palogrande-manizales-08872 |title=Palogrande - Manizales |access-date=2015-02-11 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054557/http://www.ligapostobon.com.co/noticia/palogrande-manizales-08872 |url-status=dead }} although it was capped at 28,678 for the tournament.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111218033433/http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/01/52/19/97/fu20wcreportv2.pdf FIFA.com]

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