Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Filin wasa na Nacional shine kawai wurin da aka yi gasar zakarun Kudancin Amurka a 1927, 1935, da 1939. Estadio Nacional na yanzu ya karbi bakuncin gasar zakarun Kudancin Amurka ta 1953
da kuma 1957 Kudancin Amirka Championship. A shekara ta 1971, wasan wasan karshe na 1971 Copa Libertadores Finals an buga shi a Peru kuma ya nuna Uruguay Nacional da Argentine Estudiantes de La Plata. Nacional ta yi nasara da 2<unk>0. A shekara mai zuwa, Universitario de Deportes ya kai wasan karshe na 1972 Copa Libertadores kuma ya karbi bakuncin wasan farko na wasan karshe. Shekaru ashirin bayan haka, Sporting Cristal ya kai wasan karshe na Copa Libertadores na shekarar 1997 wanda ya baiwa Nacional damar karbar bakuncin daya daga cikin wasannin karshe a karo na uku. A cikin 1992, an shigar da hasken zamani a cikin filin wasa kuma a cikin 1996, an shigar da allon ƙirar lantarki don maye gurbin tsohuwar hannu. Alamar filin wasa ita ce hasumiyar da ke arewacin filin wasa. An yi watsi da wannan hasumiya na shekaru da yawa har zuwa 2004, an sake amfani da shi don Copa America. Shahararrun kungiyoyin kwallon kafa na duniya da shahararrun 'yan wasa sun buga wasa a filin wasa, gami da Real Madrid ta Spain, da kuma' yan wasa kamar Pelé da Maradona a shekarun baya.