The La Polar de la Havana stadium reopened football after a remodeling financed with 1.7 million dollars, a joint effort of FIFA and the Cuba Soccer Association (AFC).
The installation has heated dressing rooms, roofed bleachers, a modern lighting system, improved hydraulic networks with a tank and solar panels, pioneers in the use of renewable energy in Cuban stages, Point out A note of Hit.
🇨🇺i reopened the La Polar stadium in an act chaired by @Inesmchapmantogether with the capital authorities, @Izquierdoalons1 and @Yanethzp25. Ready for leagues! Thanks to a collective effort that preserved its history and community essence.#LaHabanaviveenmí pic.twitter.com/wpf2lyie1p
– Havana Government (@gobhabana) July 30, 2025
Oliet Rodríguez, president of the AFC, celebrated the possibility of completing a postponed project, underlining its social and sports value for the community.
The work included paving roads and hydraulic benefits, in addition to a perimeter fence and a parking lot.
José Yulier Herranz, development director of the AFC, announced that the synthetic grass will be replaced in 2026 to meet international standards, a less complex process than the current remodeling.
The ceremony included the launch of the Soccer for Schools, which will promote this sport in educational centers, and a veteran party with the honor serve of Governor Yanet Hernández and Liván Izquierdo.
A text of Rebel youth I pointed Last February that one of the most relevant patrimonial aspects within the polar restoration process was “the consolidation of the historic entrance arch”, whose “structural stability has been compromised by the accumulated deterioration over decades.”
The engineers in charge concluded that although the structure could not “be straightened without compromising their integrity”, it was possible to “strengthen their resistance through the application of metal reinforcements.”
The stadium was originally inaugurated on October 20, 1929. His field has witnessed several milestones in the island’s football. This is the first synthetic land that the country had in 2017, he adds Rebel youth.
The newspaper pointed out then that its recovery would also be good news for the football of the capital, as it is the house of the Havana team in the domestic league.
