Estadio Cuscatlan - San Salvador, El Salvador
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N 13° 40.798 W 089° 13.274
16P E 259745 N 1513434
Estadio Cuscatlan is the home of El Salvador's National Football Team.
Waymark Code: WMH8T0
Location: El Salvador
Date Posted: 06/07/2013
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"Monumental Estadio Cuscatlán is a football stadium located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is the largest stadium in Central America with a capacity of 39,023.[1] The stadium is the home ground of the El Salvador national football team as well as club team Alianza FC...
Cuscatlán stadium was first developed as a replacement to what at the time was El Salvador's largest stadium, Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca (now known as Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González). Its creation was made possible by EDESSA (Estadios Deportivos de El Salvador) who in 1969 first proposed the idea of a new national stadium.
Construction began on March 24, 1971, with then-president of El Salvador General Fidel Sánchez Hernández laying the first stone. After 5 years of building, the stadium was opened and held its very first game on July 24, 1976. This day saw German Bundesliga champions Borussia Mönchengladbach play the El Salvador national team, with the match ending 2-0 to the German side.
On May 25, 1978, EDESSA agreed to and signed a 99 year lease of the stadium to CLIMA (Asociación de Clubes de Liga Mayor A'). As a result, CLIMA is now the operator of the stadium, and controls what events are held there."
Although the stadium has never hosted a FIFA Championship, it has hosted, at least once a qualifying round. In the 1985 Concacaf championship, Estadio Cuscatlan hosted a game between El Salvador and Honduras. Honduras won 2-1 in the 3/10/1985 game. See (
visit link) Honduras advanced to the second round.
Coordinates for this Waymark are set at the overlook that permits a full view of the Stadium and permits the vantage point for the featured photo (which is the same vantage point used by the photo in the Wikipedia page.)