South of Buenos Aires is the Buenos Aires neighborhood of La Boca, which attracts thousands of tourists every year for its colors, for the tango on every street and because it is the birthplace of one of the most important clubs in the country: Boca Juniors. The passion for blue and gold colors is breathed in every corner, in a kind of communion where the neighborhood and the club vibrate at the same frequency.
The Club Atlético Boca Juniors is a family club. A passion that transcends sports and brings together a neighborhood. In addition to being one of the most important professional soccer teams in the country, which competes in Argentina and in the world, it has teams that compete as amateurs in other disciplines such as basketball, volleyball, futsal, women's soccer, boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo, rhythmic gymnastics and artistic gymnastics. He was born in Buenos Aires on April 3, 1905 by the hand of six adolescent children of Italians and residents of the neighborhood who wanted to have a sports club, they dedicated their lives to seeing him grow and widely fulfilled his dream.
The history of the club is very present throughout the route, where the colors "blue and gold" are in every detail. The few meters that separate the field from the stands allow a great proximity between the spectators and the game, which generates a stronger bond between the players and the fans.
The Alberto J. Armando Stadium, popularly known as “La Bombonera”, is a football stadium belonging to the Boca Juniors Athletic Club that was founded in 1940 and remodeled in 1996. Today it has a capacity for 54,000 spectators and a particular shape of the letter D As if its colors were not enough reason to attract attention, on the outside it has murals painted by the artists Pérez Celis and Rómulo Macció. In addition, in the entrance hall you can see a work by Quinquela Martín.
The best way to get to know the stadium is to visit it on the guided tour offered by the club, where you walk through the stands of La Bombonera while listening to some stories about the stadium and its team. In addition, you can feel a bit of the adrenaline that the players feel because to get to know the changing rooms you have to do the same route that they do when they go to the field of play. To complete the experience, you can visit the Museum of the Boquense Passion, located inside the stadium, and get to know, in a different way, the club and its more than 100 years of history. It is an interactive visit where you can see the players of the current squad and learn about the trajectory of those who have been part of the team over the years. There is also an auditorium where idols are commemorated, an impressive display of glasses, a projection on the wall of a video that narrates all the championships won and a 360 ° where “Esto es Boca” is projected, a video that moves everyone the spectators and fans of Xeneize