Metro Ciudad Deportiva

Ciudad Deportiva Eastbound platform, 30 August 2008 Mexico City Metro

Velódromo Line 9 Puebla

Metro Ciudad Deportiva (Spanish: Estación Ciudad Deportiva) is a metro station along Line 9 of the Mexico City Metro.^[1][2] It is named for the nearby the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City.

Magdalena Mixuhca Sports City was enlarged in 1967 as part of the project to create the venues needed for the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[3][4] The Sports City is home to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (racetrack), the Foro Sol (baseball stadium and concert venue),^[5][6][7] the Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, and the Palacio de los Deportes (indoor arena).^[3]

The station is elevated and sits in the median of the Viaducto Río Piedad. It was opened 26 August 1987.^[8] The logo for the station represents a player engaged in a Mesoamerican ballgame (a similar logo is used for Metro Deportivo 18 de Marzo on lines 3 and 6).^[1]

In December 2009 a man in his 30s was shot twice in the back at the Ciudad Deportivo station.^[9]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Ciudad Deportiva" (in Spanish). http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=121. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 
2. ^ Archambault, Richard. "Ciudad Deportiva » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line9/ciudad-deportiva/. Retrieved 18 July 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "THE IOC SECRETARY GENERAL IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA" (pdf). December 1967. pp. 4, 5, 6. http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1967/ore03/ore03d.pdf. Retrieved 18 July 2011. 
4. ^ 1968 Summer Olympic Venues: Estadio Azteca, Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City, Arena Mexico, Estadio Olimpico Universitario, Estadio Cuauhtemoc. LLC Books. September 2010. ISBN 978-1155855912. http://www.amazon.ca/1968-Summer-Olympic-Venues-Universitario/dp/1155855914. Retrieved 18 July 2011. 
5. ^ "Foro Sol México, DF boletos. Como llegar, mapas, eventos. Sitio oficial de Ticketmaster." (in Spanish). http://www.ticketmaster.com.mx/Foro-Sol-boletos-Mexico/venue/163903. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 
6. ^ "Rock, Intensidad y decepción Vive Latino" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 26 April 2010. http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/518933.rock-intensidad-y-decepcion-vive-latino.html. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 
7. ^ "El Porvenir : En Escena : Reventa encarece boletos para el Vive Latino" (in Spanish). El Porvenir. 10 March 2011. http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=485594. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 
8. ^ "Ciudad Deportiva Metro Station (1987) - Structurae". http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0057355. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 
9. ^ "LO MATAN A BALAZOS JUNTO A ESTACION DEL METRO CIUDAD DEPORTIVA" (in Spanish). 5 December 2009. http://enlamira.net/?p=8427. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 

Coordinates: 19°24′30″N 99°05′28″W / 19.408357°N 99.091229°W / 19.408357; -99.091229