Estadio Azteca
football stadium in Mexico City, Mexico
The Estadio Azteca (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðjo asˈteka]) is a football stadium in Mexico City, Mexico. Club América and the Mexico national football team play in this stadium.
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| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Public transit | Estadio Azteca Xochimilco Light Rail |
| Owner | Televisa |
| Operator | Club América |
| Executive suites | 856 |
| Capacity | 87,000 |
| Record attendance | Football: 119,853 (Mexico-Brazil, 7 July 1968)[1] Boxing: 132,247 (Julio César Chávez vs Greg Haugen, 20 February 1993)[2] |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Started | 1961 |
| Opened | 29 May 1966 |
| Renovated | 1985 |
| Construction cost | MXN$ 260 million |
| Architect | Pedro Ramírez Vázquez Rafael Mijares Alcérreca |
| Tenants | |
| Mexico national football team (1966–present) América (Liga MX) (1966–present) Necaxa (1966–70 and 1982–2003) Atlante (1966–82, 1996–2001 and 2004–2007) Universidad Nacional (1967–1969) Atlético Español (1970–1982) Cruz Azul (1971–1996) American Bowl (1994, 1997–1998, and 2000–2001) NFL International Series (2005) | |
This stadium can hold 87,000 people. It is the largest stadium in Mexico. It used to hold 105,000 people, and at that time it was the former largest football-specific stadium in the world.[3]
In 2005, the stadium hosted the first NFL game played outside the US.
References change
- ↑ "El Monumental le gana a la Bombonera como estadio más emblemático". 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ↑ "StadiumDB: Estadio Azteca". Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ↑ "The 10 Largest Football Stadiums In The World". Soccerlens. Retrieved 24 November 2009.