Estadio Pedro Bidegain

The Estadio Pedro Bidegain, nicknamed el Nuevo Gasómetro (the New Gasometer), is the home stadium of San Lorenzo football club in the Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a multi use stadium but mostly used for football matches. Capacity is 43,494 and inauguration was in 1993. San Lorenzo's old ground, the historic Estadio Gasómetro in nearby Boedo was expropriated by the military government in 1979.

San Lorenzo de Almagro's old stadium closed its doors on December 2, 1979 after a goalless draw against Boca Juniors. After roughly a decade-and-a-half playing home matches in other clubs' stadia, December 16, 1993 saw the club return to their own ground, the Nuevo Gasometro, after 52 weeks of construction and under the chairmanship of Fernando Miele. The New Gasometro opened in a match that ended with a 2-1 win over Universidad Católica of Chile.

The stadium's name is a tribute to Pedro Bidegain, Chairman of the Club in 1929 and 1930. There is also a street named after him in the neighbourhood of Boedo.

Until 10/05/2007, the stadium was located within the boundaries of the neighborhood of Nueva Pompeya, but with the 2329 Boundaries Act, After that date it was situated in the neighborhood of Flores.

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