Estadio Ricardo Gregor
{{Short description|Football stadium in Paraguay}}
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{{Infobox venue
| name = Estadio Ricardo Gregor
| address = Calle Salvador del Mundo
| city = Asunción
| country = Paraguay
| location =
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| capacity = 4,000
| tenants = Independiente FBC
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The Estadio Ricardo Gregor is a football stadium in Paraguay located in the neighborhood of Salvador del Mundo in Asunción, area known as Campo Grande. The stadium, which has a capacity for 4,000 people,{{Cite web |last=APF |date=14 July 2018 |title=Medida y capacidad de las canchas |url=http://www.apf.org.py/n/medida-y-capacidad-de-las-canchas |access-date=28 July 2018}} is the home of División Intermedia club Independiente.{{Cite web |date=30 March 2011 |editor-last=ABC Color |title=Costo de remodelación supera 150 mil dólares |url=http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/deportes/costo-de-remodelacion-supera--150-mil-dolares-238946.html |access-date=7 January 2015}}{{Cite web |date=21 March 2017 |website=D10 |title=El Ricardo Gregor, un humilde y próspero escenario |url=http://d10.paraguay.com/independiente-el-ricardo-gregor-un-humilde-y-prospero-escenario-n637956 |access-date=22 March 2017}} It owes its name to a former president of the institution.{{Cite web |last=Martín Galeano |date=4 April 2011 |editor-last=ABC Color |title=Excelente acto inaugural |url=http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/deportes/el-3-aguo-la-fiesta-240291.html |access-date=27 October 2016}}{{Cite web |last=ABC Color |date=19 March 2017 |title=Un ilustre visitante |url=http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/deportes/un-ilustre-visitante-1575297.html |access-date=19 March 2017}}
History
On April 3, 2011, the venue was enabled to host a match for the Primera División, for the first time in its history. The match was against Atlético 3 de Febrero.{{Cite web |date=29 March 2011 |editor-last=ABC Color |title=El "Ricardo Gregor", con habilitación |url=http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/deportes/el-ricardo-gregor-con-habilitacion-238509.html |access-date=27 October 2016}}
On October 26, 2016, the APF announced the improvements to be made to the stadium due to the promotion to the Primera División of the club. The works include the lighting system, changing rooms, booths for the press and the filling of the playing field.{{Cite web |date=27 October 2016 |editor-last=ABC Color |title="Luz" económica a los ascendidos |url=http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/deportes/luz-economica-a-los-ascendidos-1531882.html |access-date=27 October 2016}}{{Cite web |date=26 October 2016 |editor-last=Hoy |title=Casi mil millones para ayudar a ascendidos |url=http://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/casi-mil-millones-para-ayudar-a-ascendidos |access-date=27 October 2016}}{{Cite web |date=24 January 2017 |editor-last=Tigo Sports |title=Independiente a todo |url=http://www.tigosports.com.py/futbol/independiente-todo-campo-grande-mejoras |access-date=24 January 2017}} By the end of January 2017, the towers for the lighting system of the stadium were completed,{{Cite web |date=31 January 2017 |editor-last=La Nación |title=Pequeños y coquetos, pero a la altura de las exigencias |url=http://www.lanacion.com.py/2017/01/31/pequenos-coquetos-la-altura-las-exigencias/ |access-date=31 January 2017}} on February 17 the lights of the stadium were turned on successfully for the first time.{{Cite web |date=17 February 2017 |editor-last=Hoy |title=El Gregor resplandece y embellece Autopista |url=http://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/el-gregor-resplandece-y-embellece-autopista |access-date=18 February 2017}}{{Cite web |date=18 February 2017 |editor-last=Última Hora |title=Se hizo la luz en el Gregor |url=http://www.ultimahora.com/se-hizo-la-luz-el-gregor-n1064008.html |access-date=18 February 2017}}
The stadium reopened its doors for a Primera División match on March 17, 2017, when the venue received and defeated Deportivo Capiatá 1–0, in the seventh matchday of the Apertura tournament. In addition, the improvements introduced and the lighting system were officially inaugurated, making this the first game in history to be played at night in this stadium.{{Cite web |date=15 March 2017 |editor-last=ABC Color |title=El estadio está listo |url=http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/deportes/el-estadio-esta-listo-1574074.html |access-date=15 March 2017}}{{Cite web |date=18 March 2017 |editor-last=Última Hora |title=Independiente sigue trepando |url=http://www.ultimahora.com/independiente-sigue-trepando-n1071050.html |access-date=18 March 2017}}{{Cite web |date=17 March 2017 |editor-last=Hoy |title=Independiente, otro victimario de Capiatá |url=http://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/independiente-otro-victimario-de-capiata |access-date=18 March 2017}}
At the end of 2017, with the construction of the stands, the capacity of the stadium increased in theory to 5,500 people.{{Cite web |date=4 August 2017 |editor-last=ABC Color |title=Entre las obras y los cambios masivos |url=http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/deportes/entre-las-obras-y-los-cambios-masivos-1619375.html |access-date=19 May 2018}} Although according to the Paraguayan Football Association it is for 4,000 spectators.