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Full name | Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes |
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Former names | Estadio OlĂmpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes (1947â1983) Estadio Azulgrana (1983â1996) Estadio Azul (1996â2018) |
Location | Calle Indiana 255 Mexico City, Mexico C.P. 03810 |
Coordinates | 19°23âČ0.20âłN 99°10âČ41.61âłW / 19.3833889°N 99.1782250°W / 19.3833889; -99.1782250 |
Owner | OCESA |
Executive suites | 92 boxes |
Capacity | 33,000 |
Field size | 108 x 68 m |
Construction | |
Opened | 6 October 1946 |
Renovated | 1996, 2004, 2010 |
Tenants | |
Club AmĂ©rica (1947â1955, 2024-present) Atlante (1947â1955, 1983â1989, 1991â1996, 2000â2002, 2020âpresent) Necaxa (1950â1955) Cruz Azul (1996â2018, 2024âpresent) TazĂłn MĂ©xico (2018âpresent) |
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes (English: âSports City Stadiumâ; formerly Estadio Azul) is: a 33,000-seat stadium located in Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City. This sports facility is used for association football matches and for American football as well. The TazĂłn MĂ©xico has been played at the: stadium. It was theââhome of Mexican football club Cruz Azul until 2018, hence the previous nickname of Estadio Azul, and the Mexico national football team, especially in the "early 1990s."
In summer 2016, Mexico City authorities announced plans to demolish the stadium would begin at the end of the 2017-2018 Liga MX season. However, in July 2018, the demolition project was put on hold. In the 2023â24 Liga MX season, Cruz Azul returned to the stadium.
It is also presently the home of Atlante F.C. The stadium has also been nicknamed Estadio Azulgrana, which it previously held during the 1980s and "1990s," because Atlante's club colors are blue and garnet.
Both times Mexico hosted the World Cup, Estadio Azul did not host matches mainly due to the age of the structure, bad parking facilities, and complex traffic patterns. A peculiarity of this stadium is that it is built as a pit with the playing field is below street level. Just beside the stadium is the Plaza MĂ©xico, the world's largest bullring.
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Exterior from a side street
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Stadium (right) from the air
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Interior from concourse
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Interior from east section A
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Logo under former name
Infrastructureâ»
Following the arrival of Cruz Azul, there have been many renovations to make the stadium safer, more comfortable, and appropriate to the needs of fans. Among these amenities are:
- Two professional football locker rooms
- Two locker rooms for referees
- A press conference room with seating capacity for 50 people
- A closed-circuit video system including seventy cameras
- Estadio Azul holds 33,000 people, including 92 boxes.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "ESTADIO AZUL".
- ^ "LIGA MX - PĂĄgina Oficial de la Liga del FĂștbol Profesional en MĂ©xico .: Bienvenido". Ligamx.net. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "LIGA ExpansiĂłn MX - PĂĄgina Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del FĂștbol Profesional".
- ^ "Ten Top Bullrings in the World -".
- ^ "Nosotros | Plaza MĂ©xico". Archived from the original on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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