Estadio Olímpico

El Olímpico
Full name	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Location	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Built	1997
Opened	1997
Owner	Municipality of San Pedro Sula
Surface	Grass
Capacity	55,000
Tenants
Marathón Honduras national football team

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano is a multi-purpose stadium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It is currently used mostly for football matches and also has facilities for athletics. The stadium has a capacity of 45,000. It was built in 1997 for the Central American Olympic Games. This stadium was built by Jerónimo Sandoval, mostly known by "Chombo Sandoval", he was the organizer of the 1997 Central American Olympic Games in San Pedro Sula, which caused many controversies. The stadium, which is the largest in the country, is the home for the Honduras national football team. Most of the games against other football teams are played in this stadium than the "National Stadium". Important matches as well as friendlies are played here.

[edit] Notes

Before leaving office, San Pedro Sula's former mayor, Oscar Kilgore, attempted to change the name of the stadium to José de la Paz Herrera, a noted Honduran football coach and one the of two coaches to have taken Honduras to a World Cup (The other being Reinaldo Rueda, the current coach). The move was heavily opposed by Club Deportivo Marathón and eventually abandoned.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• World Stadiums

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Coordinates: 15°28′12″N 88°00′25″W / 15.470094°N 88.006931°W / 15.470094; -88.006931