Estadio La Independencia

Estadio La Independencia (Spanish for The Independence Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in the city of Tunja, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It is at an altitude of 2810 masl. Patriotas FC play their home games at this stadium.

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Estadio La Independencia

Full name	Estadio La Independencia
Location	Tunja, Colombia
Capacity	25,000[1]
Construction
Opened	2006
Construction cost	148,000 dollars
Tenants
Patriotas

Since Chicó title in June 2008, and automatic qualifying to 2009 Copa Libertadores, the stadium was due to be expanded, in order to achieve the minimum 20000 seats that Conmebol requires to host an international match. The expansion work started in December, being run slower than expected. However, the first Chicó match at La Independencia, against Gremio F.C. from Brazil.

Since the beginning of 2017, improvements have been made due to the participation of Patriotas F.C. in the Copa Sudamericana 2017 . The stadium has been the main venue for musical and cultural events, including concerts of international singers such as Marc Anthony,[2] Alejandro Fernández,[3] among others. ]