Estadio Azul

Estadio Azul

Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = Estadio Azul
nickname =


location = Mexico DF
broke_ground =
built =
opened = January 5, 1947
demolished = 2009 "expected"
owner = Mexico DF
surface = Grass
construction_cost =
architect =
tenants = Cruz Azul
seating_capacity = 35,000
dimensions =

Estadio Azul (literally, "Blue Stadium"), formerly Estadio Azulgrana and Estadio de la Ciudad de los Deportes, is a 35,000-seat stadium located in Mexico City. This sports facility is currently used for football matches and previously (until 1990) for American football. It is the home of Mexican football club Cruz Azul; it has been also home for CF Atlante (hence the nickname "Estadio Azulgrana") and several home matches of the Mexico national football team, especially in the early 1990s.

Both times when Mexico hosted the World Cup, Estadio Azul did not host any games mainly due to the age of the structure, the bad parking facilities and the complex traffic patterns.

A peculiarity of this stadium is that it is built as a pit; the playing field is below street level. Another oddity is that just beside the stadium is the Plaza México, the world's largest bullring. Because of this, when there is football match and bullfight on the same day, some spectators will attend a football match at noon followed by a bullfight in the afternoon. It will be demolished in January 2009 to build a new stadium for Cruz Azul which will be Nuevo Estadio Azul.

ee also

*List of football stadiums in Mexico


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