Estadio Víctor Jara is an indoor multi-use sports complex located in the western part of Santiago, Chile, near the Estación Central and Alameda Avenue.

After the Chilean coup of 1973, it was used as a detention centre; about 3,000 people were killed there, including singer and songwriter Víctor Jara.

[4] The stadium features a steel truss supported roof and a rubber based playing surface, which has a polyurethane layer on top.

[2] In the venue, the Festival of the nueva canción chilena was held between 1969 and 1971, where in 1969, Víctor Jara won first place with the song "Plegaria a un labrador".

[4] Other performances in the Festival of the nueva cancion chilena included Inti-Illimani, Angel, Isabel Parra, Payo Grondona and Patricio Manns.

[3] After the Chilean coup of 1973 organized by the Chilean Army, who overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende,[5] Victor Jara was found at the Universidad Tecnica del Estado and together with Littre Quiroga, the general director of the National Directorate of Prisons, and other detainees was held at the Estadio Chile, which was being used as a detention center.