Estadio Azteca facts for kids
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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) Boxing: 132,247 (Julio César Chávez vs Greg Haugen, 20 February 1993) |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 1961 |
| Opened | 29 May 1966 |
| Renovated | 1985 |
| Construction cost | MXN$ 260 million |
| Architect | Pedro Ramírez Vázquez Rafael Mijares Alcérreca |
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| 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) |
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The Estadio Azteca is a football stadium in Mexico City, Mexico. Club América and the Mexico national football team play in this stadium.
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.
In 2005, the stadium hosted the first NFL game played outside the US.
Images for kids
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Stadium in the year 1986
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Azteca Stadium Picture taken on 25 September 2011 before the game between Club America and the Tijuana Xolos.
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Bench area and side stand
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Estadio Azteca prior to a kickoff
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Plaque commemorating the "Game of the Century"
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See also
In Spanish: Estadio Azteca para niños
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