Estadio Nacional (Julio Martínez Prádanos)

Description

The Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos is the national staidum of Chile, and is located in the Nunoa district of Santiago. It is the largest stadium in Chile with an official capacity of 48,665. The stadium was built with an original capacity of 48,000 spectators in 1937. At the time was called "white elephant" because it was thought could never be filled.

The stadium hosts many international concerts during the year. Rod Stewart was the first international artist to perform at the stadium. The concert brought more than 75,000 fans to the venue and was broadcast throughout the country. After that, the city started being included in many tours from international artists. 

Directions

Estadio Nacional is located in the Ñuñoa area at about 5 kilometres south-east of Santiago de Chile’s historic centre (Centro). The stadium lies about 4 kilometres south of Santiago’s more upscale Providencia area. It is part of a complex featuring various other sports facilities.

Metro station Ñuble lies a 15-minute walk away from the stadium. You can reach this station with the green line L5 from the city centre. Take the line in the direction of Vicente Valdés. If coming from the Providencia area, a change from the red L1 to the green L5 at station Baquedano is necessary.

From Providencia it will in fact be quicker to catch a bus to the stadium. Line 103, 114, 117 and 515 will take you from metro station Pedro de Valdivia (or metro Manuel Montt) directly to the stadium (stop Estadio Nacional). Line 106 and 126 also connect metro Manuel Montt with the stadium.

Furthermore one can catch bus 510 from metro station Los Héroes in the centre, or, even better, line 508, which crosses right through the city centre over Merced. Bus 515 can be caught from metro Bellas Artes. All buses pass directly by the stadium.