Estadio Sportivo Barracas

Three years later the club started to build a stadium, on a land located on Iriarte, Luzuriaga, Río Cuarto and Perdriel streets of Barracas, Buenos Aires.

[1] The stadium was first opened to public on May 25, 1920, when Boca Juniors beat Uruguayan Nacional by 2–1 in the 1919 Tie Cup final (that was played one year later).

[2] Nevertheless, the stadium was officially inaugurated on June 11, 1920, with a friendly tournament where the local team plus Rosarian clubs Newell's Old Boys and Tiro Federal.

The field was also used in 1924, when on April 5, Luis Ángel Firpo defeated Al Reich in the first boxing fight in open space in Argentina.

The Uruguayans asked for the suspension of the match and a perimeter to separate people from players on the next encounter, which was finally played on October 2, 1924.

[9] On the other hand, the Argentina national team played its last game at Sportivo Barracas on May 15, 1932, when the side beat Uruguay 2–0.

[10] Teams that have played their home matches at Estadio Sportivo Barracas are: Along its existence, the stadium hosted several sports events, the following list compiles some of the most relevant:

The crowd and the official grandstand during a 1921 Copa América match
Cesáreo Onzari scored the first Olympic goal ever at Sportivo Barracas, 1924
The stadium also hosted rugby union games. In the image, a team of Sportivo Barracas in 1929