Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, State of Mexico

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education campus
State of Mexico
Use	Academic
Erected	9 September 1976 [1]
Location	Atizapán de Zaragoza, Mexico 19°35′39″N 99°13′41″W / 19.5942°N 99.228103°W / 19.5942; -99.228103Coordinates: 19°35′39″N 99°13′41″W / 19.5942°N 99.228103°W / 19.5942; -99.228103
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Website	www.cem.itesm.mx

The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, State of Mexico Campus (in Spanish: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México) commonly shortened as Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México or ITESM Campus Estado de México, is a campus of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education private university system in Atizapán de Zaragoza, Mexico, on greater Mexico City.

Athletics

Estadio TEC CEM is a stadium located near Mexico City, Mexico, at the municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza. This sporting facility was built in 1983 as a part of the original planning of the university facilities of the Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Estado de Mexico (ITESM-CEM). It was the first stadium with an entirely artificial game surface. It is primarily used for American football and is the home field of the Borregos Salvajes - CEM. Estadio TEC CEM holds 14,000 people, the athletic track has a length of 400 metres and has six lanes. The stadium includes other facilities such as a jump track, two mini soccer fields and an electronic scoreboard.

The stadium has a large main stand that accommodates the local partiality, the radio and TV cabins and the local sound. When needed, the capacity can be expanded to three more stands in front of the main stand and an additional stand behind one of the end zones.

Due to the artificial game surface, the stadium is nicknamed El corral de plástico (literally, the plastic corral).

References

1. ^ "Historia del Campus Estado de México" (in Spanish). Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México. http://www.itesm.edu/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4j3DADJgFjGpvqRqCKOcIEgfW99X4_83FT9AP2C3NCIckdHRQAUCPTu/delta/base64xml/L0lDU0lKQ1RPN29na2tBISEvb0lvUUFBSVFnakZJQUFRaENFSVFqR0EhLzRKRmlDbzBlaDFpY29uUVZHaGQtLzdfMF9QNQ!!?WCM_PORTLET=PC_7_0_P5_WCM&WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/CEM/Estado+de+M%C3%A9xico/Acerca+del+campus/Historia/. Retrieved 2008-09-02.