Estadio Don Leon Kolbowski

Estadio Don Leon Kolbowski is a stadium located in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Owned and operated by Club Atletico Atlanta, it is currently used mostly for football matches. Built in 1960, the stadium is able to hold 14,000 people.

The stadium was named in 2000 to honor Leon Kolbowski, president of Club Atlanta from 1959 to 1969. The stadium was built under his administration.

In February 2005, the stadium was closed by the Government of Buenos Aires due to its poor safety conditions. As a result, the club committed to build concrete grandstands to replace the wooden-built seats. By the end of 2009, the stadium was reopened although it was only allowed to host 14,000 spectators, less than half of its real capacity.

History

Prior to the stadium, Club Atlanta had fields on the Parque Chacabuco (in the homonymous neighborhood) between 1909 and 1918. When the club left that field, the football team played their home games at Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium. From 1920 to 1921 Atlanta moved to Club Banco Nacion stadium on Carrasco street in Floresta, field previously used by Asociacion Atletica Eureka (then merged to Sportivo Palermo).

In 1922, Atlanta bought a field on Humboldt street in Villa Crespo, where the club built a stadium with an official grandstand. That stadium was later renovated, expanding its capacity with the construction of three grandstands else. Because of its dimensions and shape, the stadium was nicknamed El Cajoncito (the small box). In 1932, arch-rival club Chacarita Juniors built a stadium just behind the Atlanta's one. Chacariereta played there until 1944, when the club was evicted and the stadium structure dismantled.

After the Chacarita stadium was dismantled, the "Compania de Tierras de Villa Crespo" acquired the vacate land to give it to Club Atlanta with the purpose of building a new stadium there. Atlanta signed a contract with the Land Company while the team continued playing at El Cajoncito during that period. Construction of