Sadly, despite the great players we have playing in some of the most important leagues, our infrastructure is abysmal. Peñarol and Nacional (the ones who own the Campeón del Siglo and Gran Parque Central, respectively) are the only ones who are more or less "good" in terms of economy (relative to our own league, tho. I'm sure there are tons of mid european clubs who surpass them in that regard), and most of the rest of the clubs are in different stages of struggle, some even in the brink of collapse. Our league obviously has the potential for so much more, but we are plagued with problems (some intrinsic to our own football, some external and shared with the country in general), so the issues of infrastructure, sadly, need to get relegated in favour of other, more pressing, issues.

I think on big match days it would be amazing but might be kinda depressing on days that are quarter capacity. Could go either way.

@@neilwhitaker6284 Yeah, that's fair. Though, there's something to be said for hearing those hardcore fans more, you know?

@@barbarian92 oh for sure. I had a video about 10 years ago I loved to watch of the Penarol supporters just before a Copa Libatadores final or semi final. It was one of the most mental things I'd ever seen.

@@neilwhitaker6284 One of my goals in life is to experience that type of raucous crowd at a football match. Something about that hits perfectly.

@@barbarian92 I know what you mean I have thought the same thing.

That's what I was going to say. In fact, those pictures are super old. There are more stands and it looks so much better.

two big teams. one got 53 championships and is one of the biggest clubs on south america. the other one 48, and is still a big club continentally. the rest of the teams all got less than 5 championships and are completely irrelevant continentally. i think its pretty easy

There can be several reasons: family traditions (their family has always been a fan of certain club, so they of course are also fans, tho I suspect that's a bit more rare nowadays), or it's their neghborhood's club, or there's a more personal connection to it because maybe they went to do sports or gym there all their life, or have friends or family there, or simply the club did have good seasons where they've played great and won a tournament or two. Also, despite all their past glory, Peñarol and Nacional are nowadays little more than a shell of what they used to be. They've not won anything internationally important since 1988, and they've not been relevant for years now (the most recent good performance by a uruguayan club was when Peñarol reached the Libertadores final in 2011 against Santos, but even that was just an isolated event).

Terrible