Wikipedia - Obras Sanitarias

Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (mostly known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is an Argentine professional sports club that is located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. Although originally conceived as a rugby union club, Obras Sanitarias is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, which is the first division of the Argentine basketball league system. Apart from basketball and rugby union, other disciplines practiced at the club are chess, judo, swimming, table tennis, and tennis.

Obras Sanitarias has been nicknamed Los Tacheros, a lunfardo word used to refer to Argentine taxi drivers, due to the fact that taxi cabs are painted in black and yellow, which are the same colors of Obras' jersey uniforms.

History

Obras Sanitarias was founded in 1917, by employees of the state-owned water supply company, "Obras Sanitarias de la Nación". On March 22, 1925, the club opened its sports facilities, allowing members to practice athletics, basque pelota, bowls, football, rugby union, swimming and tennis there. In 1941, Obras inaugurated its headquarters in the city of Buenos Aires, for the practice of indoor sports.

In 1978, Obras inaugurated its indoor arena, named Estadio Obras Sanitarias, and two years later, the first synthetic field hockey pitch in South America.

Obras Sanitarias, vanligvis kjent som Obras, er et argentinsk idrettslag fra bydelen Núñez i Buenos Aires, Argentina. Klubben ble etablert i 1917 og er mest kjent for sitt basketballlag, som spiller i Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), den øverste divisjonen for basketball i Argentina.

Obras har vunnet tre LNB-mesterskap, i 1982, 1984 og 1989. Laget har også vunnet ett Torneo Súper 8-mesterskap i 2014. På internasjonalt nivå har Obras vunnet tre FIBA Sør-Amerikanske mesterskap for klubblag, i 1976, 1977 og 1983.

Obras' hjemmebane er Estadio Obras Sanitarias, som har en kapasitet på 3000 tilskuere. Lagets hovedtrener er Gregorio Martínez.