Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Pedro Marrero

Location	Havana, Cuba
Coordinates	23°06′26″N 82°24′47″W / 23.107251°N 82.412918°W / 23.107251; -82.412918
Owner	Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba
Capacity	30,000 [1]
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	Manual (non-electric)
Construction
Built	1929
Opened	10 October 1930; 93 years ago (1930-10-10)
Tenants
Cuba national football team

Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Pedro Marrero, the former home of CF Ciudad de La Habana, is a multi-purpose stadium in Havana, Cuba. It is now used primarily for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 and was built in 1929.

History

Originally named Gran Stadium Cervecería Tropical (or familiarly, La Tropical), it hosted the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games, the 1937 Bacardi Bowl and many Cuban League baseball games. After the revolution, it was renamed for Pedro Marrero, a young man who died in the attack on the Moncada Barracks.^[2]

Geography

The stadium is located in the ward of Ceiba, part of the municipal borough of Playa; next to the borders with Nuevo Vedado, borough of Plaza de la Revolución.^[3]