Islas Malvinas (stadium)

Islas Malvinas ( Spanish: Estadio Islas Malvinas ) - a stadium located in the city of Buenos Aires , the capital of Argentina . It is located in the Monte Castro district at the intersection of Alvarez Honte and Lope de Vega, on the border with the Villa Luro area .

Islas Malvinas
original name	Spanish Estadio islas malvinas
Location	Buenos Aires , Argentina
Open	September 28, 1963
Capacity	12 199 viewers
Home team	All boys
Field dimensions	103 x 69 meters
Coating	Grass

The stadium has been the home arena for the All Boys football club since 1963. For 2014, the stadium capacity is 12 199 spectators.

November 10, 1959, according to Law No. 14934 adopted by the Government of Argentina, the All Boys Club was allocated a plot of land for the construction of its own stadium. On September 28, 1963, “Islas Malvinas” was opened with a friendly match, in which the All Boys confidently defeated the team of “ Deportivo Riestra ”. Initially, the stadium included 2 stands, by the end of the 1980s, as a result of additional work, its capacity was 12,000 spectators. In the mid-2000s, Islas Malvinas was reconstructed, in 2008 a new lighting system was opened, thanks to which the All Boys were able to play matches in the dark, which had not happened before.

The name of the stadium "Islas Malvinas" is associated with the claims of Argentina to the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) . The club itself is closely connected with the Falkland War veterans and their representative organizations.

Musas concerts are also held at Islas Malvinas. Mostly, Argentinean performers and bands perform, on November 15, 2005 ^[1] and November 28, 2009 ^[2] there are concerts of famous French musician of Spanish origin Manu Chao .