Estadio Mateo Flores disaster

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83 people died when fans tried to enter the stadium.

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The Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance runner Mateo Flores, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon. It has a capacity of 30,000 seats.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio Mateo Flores

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