River Plate announced on Tuesday the final stage of the remodeling work on its stadium More Monumental in Buenos Aires with 3,500 added seats for a total of 84,567 people. The new stadium will be larger than expected, making it the largest in South America, surpassing other emblematic venues such as the Monumental in Lima, Peru (80,093) and the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (78,838).
After the completion of the first stage, modifications were made to the original plan by adding more seats and increasing upper-tier accommodation, as River first reported a maximum capacity of 81,000.
In addition, the club is offering 40,565 wooden seats for sale in the stadium where Argentina were crowned champions in the 1978 World Cup final when they defeated the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time. “We are going to give priority to those who were lucky enough to live many beautiful experiences in those seats so that they can keep them as memories and tell their grandchildren about what they lived there,” River president Jorge Brito said in September. River Plate, now managed by Martin Demichelis, hopes to open the stadium to the public in mid-2024.
