Parque Pereira
{{Short description|Former stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay}}
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| caption = The stadium during the 1917 South American Championship.
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| location = Montevideo, Uruguay
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| opened = 1917
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| demolished = {{Start date and age|1920}}
| owner = Government of Uruguay
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| capacity = 40,000
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Parque Pereira was a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was used mostly for association football matches and was used as a venue during the 1917 South American Championship. The stadium (one of the first in Latin America)[http://municipioch.montevideo.gub.uy/node/253 Pista Oficial de Atletismo] on CH Municipio held 40,000 people and was located near the actual Estadio Centenario.
History
Parque Pereira was built under the responsibility of National Commission of Physical Education of Uruguay. The first football match played there was the classic Peñarol-Nacional, on October 28, 1917 with an attendance of 20,000 people. Nacional won by 4-2.[https://books.google.com/books?id=1stWAwAAQBAJ&dq=parque+pereyra+uruguay+-iraola&pg=PT116 Historia de Peñarol], by Luciano Alvarez - Ediciones Aguilar, 2010 - {{ISBN|9789974950245}}
The record for that stadium was 40,000 spectators in the 1917 South American championship final where Uruguay won its second consecutive Copa América after beating Argentina. The last event held there was another Peñarol v. Nacional match (won by Peñarol), on May 2, 1920.[http://estadiosdeuruguay.blogspot.com.ar/2011/04/parque-pereira.html Estadio Parque Pereira] on Estadios del Uruguay website, 27 Apr 2011
The stadium was demolished that same year. In that place, an athletics track was built. Architect Juan Scasso (who would later take over the construction of Estadio Centenario) was the director of the project.
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{{Succession box
| title = Copa América
Final Round Matches
| before = Estadio Racing Club
Avellaneda
| after = Estádio das Laranjeiras
Rio de Janeiro
| years = 1919
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{{Coord missing|Uruguay}}