Estadio Azul

Estadio Azul
El Azul
One of the 24 gates to enter the stadium.
Full name	Estadio Azul
Former names	Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes (Olympic Stadium Sports City) (1947-1983) Estadio Azulgrana (Azulgrana Stadium) (1983-1996)
Location	Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates	19°23′0.20″N 99°10′41.61″W
Opened	January 5, 1947
Renovated	1996
Owner	OCESA
Operator	Cruz Azul
Surface	Grass
Capacity	35,161
Executive Suites	92 boxes
Field dimensions	108 x 68 m
Tenants
Cruz Azul (1996-present) America (1947-1955) Necaxa (1950-1955) Atlante (1947-1955, 1983-1989, 1991-1996, 2000-2002) Mexican Killers (2010-present)

The Estadio Azul, is a 35,000-seat stadium located in Mexico City. This sports facility is currently used for association 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 Atlante F.C. (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.

• Stadium
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  seen from a side street

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  Estadio Azul from the air

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  View Inside the Estadio Azul

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  Stadium viewed from the east in the Preferences section A

Infrastructure

Following the arrival of Cruz Azul, there have been many renovations to make the stadium safer, comfortable and appropriate to the needs of viewers.

Has:

• 2 professional football locker rooms
• 2 dressing preliminaries
• 2 dressing referees
• A Press Conference room with capacity for 50 people
• A closed-loop system of seven cameras in the stadium spread
• The Estadio Azul has a total capacity of 35,161 spectators (including 92 boxes) and a total of 23 double access doors each.

See also

• List of football stadiums in Mexico