Estadio Chivas

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Estadio Chivas
nickname = El Templo Mayor


location = Zapopan, Jalisco
broke_ground = February 6, 2004
opened = February or March 2009 (scheduled)
owner = Jorge Vergara Madrigal
operator = [http://www.omnilife.com Omnilife]
surface = Artificial Grass
construction_cost = MXN$1.2 billion
architect = Jean Marie Massaud
Daniel Pouzet
tenants = CD Guadalajara (2009-) | seating_capacity = 45,500
El Templo Mayor, in the JVC complex, will be a multi-use venue that will be used mostly for football matches and will host the home matches of Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A de C.V., mostly known as Chivas. It will have very high quality standards. The stadium will have a capacity of 45,500 people.

The stadium was planned to open in January 2009 but due to excessive rain the opening date has been pushed back to late February or early March. Construction officially started in February 2004.

Location

Its located in the northwest of the metropolitan zone of Guadalajara. Corresponds to the Municipality of Zapopan, Plastered. To the west, abuts with The Spring, a forest of 30,500 respected hectares as the most important lung of the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara.

The Chivas Stadium is part of the Center of Culture, Conventions and Business JVC.

The main entrance is found projected by the peripheral ring, that communicates easily with any highway or extreme of the metropolitan area of Guadalajara.

The location coincides with Avenue Vallarta, the most important axis east-west of the city and the direct way to the Historic Center.

External links

* [http://www.estadiochivas.com.mx Estadio Chivas official site]