Estadio Juan Domingo Perón

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Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
El Cilindro de Avellaneda (Avellaneda's Cylinder), El Coliseo (The Coliseum)

Full name	Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
Location	Mozart y O.O.Corbatta - (1870) Avellaneda
Opened
Owner	Racing Club
Operator	Racing Club
Construction cost	7 million Argentine pesos
Former names	Peron´s name was banned during 1955 to 1973 at the time of former Argentine President´s exile
Tenants	Racing Club
Capacity	64,161
Field dimensions	105 x 78 m (widest field of Argentina)

The Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón is a football stadium in Argentina. It can accommodate 64,161 people. It opened on 13 September 1950 in Avellaneda, a suburb of the capital Buenos Aires, when home team and then Argentine Champions Racing Club beat Vélez Sársfield 1-0.

The stadium host the First Pan-American Games in 1951 and the 1967 Intercontinental Cup 2nd leg final between Racing Club and Glasgow Celtic.