Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium
| Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | |
El Coloso (The Colossus) | |
 Interior of the stadium | |
Interactive map of Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium | |
Former names | Estadio Nacional (1938–2008) |
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| Location | Av. Grecia 2001, National Stadium Sports Park, Ñuñoa, Chile |
| Coordinates | 33°27′52″S 70°36′38″W / 33.46444°S 70.61056°W |
| Owner | Municipality of Ñuñoa |
| Operator | Chiledeportes |
| Capacity | 48,745 |
| Surface | GrassMaster |
Record attendance | 85,268 (Universidad de Chile–Universidad Católica, 29 December 1962) |
Field size | 105 m x 68 m |
| Public transit |   at Estadio Nacional |
| Construction | |
| Groundbreaking | 1937 |
| Opened | 3 December 1938 |
| Renovated | 2009–10 |
| Expanded | 1962 |
| Reopened | 12 September 2010 |
| Cost | $18,000,000 |
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Main contractor | Salinas y Fabres |
| Tenants | |
| Chile national football team Universidad de Chile Palestino Santiago Morning Deportes Recoleta Deportes Melipilla Real Juventud San Joaquín Municipal Santiago Gremio de Santiago Selknam (rugby club) | |
The Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðjo nasjoˈnal ˈxuljo maɾˈtines ˈpɾaðanos]) is an association football stadium in Santiago, Chile. Located in the Ñuñoa commune, it is part of the National Stadium Sports Park, a 62 hectare sporting complex which also features tennis courts, an aquatics center, a modern gymnasium, a velodrome, a BMX circuit, and an assistant ground/warmup athletics track.
Construction began in February 1937 and the stadium was inaugurated on 3 December 1938. The architecture was based on the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany. The stadium was one of the venues for the FIFA World Cup in 1962, and hosted the final where Brazil defeated Czechoslovakia 3–1. In 1948, the stadium hosted the matches of the South American Championship of Champions, the competition that inspired the creation of the UEFA Champions League and of the Copa Libertadores. The stadium was notoriously used as a mass imprisonment, torture, and extrajudicial execution facility by the Pinochet dictatorship following the 1973 military coup.
In 2009, a complete modernization plan was unveiled for the stadium and surrounding facilities. President Michelle Bachelet said it would become the most modern stadium in South America. A roof above the stands was initially proposed by Bachelet in order to make the stadium an indoor venue, however, this was never completed. The stadium was the opening and closing ceremonies, athletics, and football venue for the 2014 South American Games, and hosted the opening ceremonies and the athletics during the 2023 Pan American Games. The stadium also hosted the opening ceremonies of the 2023 Parapan American Games.