The stadium was inaugurated on May 7, 1916, in a Primera División match between San Lorenzo and Estudiantes de La Plata, won by San Lorenzo 2–1. During the first years of the 1920s the club built a grandstand with roof.
On May 7, 1916, in a Primera División game between San Lorenzo and Estudiantes de La Plata, which ended with a score of 2–1 for San Lorenzo, the stadium was inaugurated. In the initial years of the 1920s, the club erected a grandstand equipped with a roof.