Monumental Stadium

This guide to Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires centers on Antonio Vespucio Liberti, a River Plate club leader across four separate terms who never had children of his own and said the club took their place. You'll hear how he talked River's board into buying flood-prone marshland on the Rio de la Plata in nineteen thirty-four, and how construction ran ahead of the club's budget once it began two years later. It follows the strain of an unfinished stand and a runaway bill as the opening day approached anyway. Listen for how his name eventually reached the gates you pass under today.