Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera) - Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Bombonera Website
Boca Juniors Website 

History and Description
The Estadio Alberto J. Armando (formerly known as Estadio Camilo Cichero) in Buernos Aires, Argentina was built in 1940. This extraordinary stadium has a capacity of 49,000. This capacity means the stadium is the 6th largest stadium in Argentina and 3rd largest in Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires is home to many professional football teams but the Estadio Alberto J. Armando is home to one of its most famous in Boca Juniors. The famous club almost moved to a 140,000 seated stadium in the 1970's but political and economical turmoil ended the construction that had just begun. The club does however currently have plans to build a new stadium adjacent to La Bombonera with a 75,000 capacity. This famous stadium will not be getting demolished though as it will be used for other purposes.

Unique Factor
The Estadio Alberto J. Armando is more famously known as La Bombonera (translated to English as the chocolate box) and the reason for this is because of its shape with a flat stand on one side of the pitch and three steep stands round the other sides of the stadium. The picture below illustrates this.

I would encourage all vertigo sufferers to steer well clear of La Bombonera as the stands at the stadium are almost vertical which give the impression that the Boca Juniors fans are about to fall onto the field of play.

The unusual shape and incredibly steep stands has led to incredible acoustics and atmospheres being generated in the stadium. The video below shows the incredible Boca Juniors fans as they construct an insane entrance party to their players in El Superclasico against River Plate at La Bombonera. Tons of fireworks, shred paper and chants.

Unique Rating - 6/10
La Bombonera gets a unique rating of 6/10. The atmosphere generated in this stadium is arguably the most intense and electric in world football. Although the aesthetics of the stadium are not completely unique the steepness of its stands and the spectacles that they create justifies its inclusion on my list. Next time I'll be writing about one of the most unique stadiums is world football...

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