Jorge Hernán "Cuty" Monge Stadium is a football stadium in Desamparados, Costa Rica. It is the home ground of the La U Universitarios team.
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| Location | Desamparados, San José  |
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| Owner | Desamparados Local Government |
| Operator | Desamparados Municipality |
| Capacity | 5,500 |
| Field size | 105 x 70 m |
| Surface | Artificial |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Renovated | 2006 |
| Expanded | 2008 |
| Tenants | |
| C.F. Universidad de Costa Rica Desamparados F.C. | |
| Website | |
| https://www.desamparados.go.cr/es/servicios/villa-olimpica | |
Etymology
editThe stadium took its name from the former Costa Rican soccer player Jorge Monge, nicknamed "Cuty", who played in the 1950s and 1960s with the Deportivo Saprissa and the Costa Rica national football team.
History
editBecause of Monge's achievements in the domestic league and national team, and with the national sporting games of 1997 in mind, the then president José María Figueres Olsen, with the minister of sports[1] (in that year called National Sports Institute) named the stadium that was already in the José Figueres Ferrer Olympic Village in his honor.
The stadium was abandoned for almost 9 years until the national investor Minor Vargas negotiated with the Desamparados Municipality to renovate the stadium. The work was finished by 2008.[2]
Teams
editFor almost 4 years, the former club Brujas F.C. had no home venue, so they used the stadium as part of a list of rotating venues for their home games, including the Old Costa Rican National Stadium. In 2008 the club's owner and stadium investor Minor Vargas negotiated a 10 years contract for the use of the stadium as a home venue for the team including some infrastructure improvements for it; but his arrest in the United States brought financial troubles to the team that in 2011 was sold to the Spanish investor Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes and became Orion F.C.[3]
Nowadays the stadium is in full use by the C.F. Universidad de Costa Rica team, which plays its home games there.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Costa Rica tendrá un Ministerio de Deportes". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-26.
- ^ Calle Mero Films (2008-03-09), ampliacion del Cuty Monge, archived from the original on 2017-03-13, retrieved 2018-10-26
- ^ "Teletica | Videos de noticias, deportes y programas nacionales". www.teletica.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
- ^ www.diarioextra.com. "Diario Extra - El estadio Cuty Monge está de moda". www.diarioextra.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-26.