The stadium has hosted countless internationally famous personalities, including Pope John Paul II, several ballets, tennis and volleyball matches, world championship and important non-championship boxing fights involving Nicolino Locche,[4] Hugo Corro,[5] Santos Laciar,[6] Carlos Monzón,[7] Omar Narvaez,[8] Juan Roldán, Julio César Vásquez[9] and many other famous boxers, circuses, the Harlem Globetrotters, Holiday on Ice and many more.

In 1910, Italian merchant Domingo Pace built Luna Park, an open street fair in the heart of the city.

In 1931, Ismael Pace (son of Domingo) and boxing legend Jose Pepe Lectoure purchased land from the city.

[12] With the decline of Luna Park, Pace envisioned creating a sports arena in the likes of Madison Square Garden and the Berlin Sportpalast.

Before opening in 1932, the arena went through three names: "Estadio de Corrientes y Bouchard", "Catedral del Boxeo", then "Palacio de los Deportes", before settling on "Estadio Luna Park" (in remembrance of the now torn down amusement park).

Known as Tito, he converted the arena into the site for concerts and it became a major venue for the Argentine rock scene.