The Estadio Nacional is Chile's largest sports stadium, home to the national football team and used for major concerts, but it carries a weight that no amount of sporting spectacle fully erases. In September 1973 it was the primary site of mass detention and torture in the aftermath of the coup, and the memory is built into the physical fabric of the building.
The memorial section (sector 8) in the northeast corner of the stadium is accessible to visitors outside of event days. A placard explains the history, and the preserved stands give a visceral sense of the space. The visit is sober and important. The stadium is in the Ñuñoa commune, easily reached by metro (Estadio Nacional station on Line 6).