Deportivo Cali is now one of the big teams, since only teams with this status get their own stadium.
Although the official inauguration will be in the first trimester of 2009, the construction company arranged for a pre-inauguration against the Liga Deportiva de Quito, champion of the Santander Libertadores Cup.
Fans of Cali's team which has been around since 1943, has won 8 national titles and was the first Colombian finalist in the Cup can hold their heads high because, at 8:30 this evening and for the first time, they will be able to enjoy a modern venue, capable of accommodating 54,203 spectators, in which technology and modern concepts prevail.