Azteca Stadium
| El Coloso de Santa Úrsula | |
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Stadium's exterior
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| Location | Calzada de Tlalpan, 3465,Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Public transit | Estadio Azteca Xochimilco Light Rail |
| Owner | Grupo Televisa |
| Operator | Club América |
| Executive suites | 856 |
| Capacity | 87,000 |
| Record attendance |
Football: 119,853 (Mexico vs 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 | 1986, 1999, 2013 and 2016 |
| Construction cost | MXN$260 million |
| Architect | Pedro Ramírez Vázquez |
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Mexico national football team (1966–present) América (1966–present) Necaxa (1966–1970, 1982–2003) Atlante (1966–1982, 1996–2001, 2004–2007) Universidad Nacional (1967–1969) Atlético Español (1970–1982) Cruz Azul (1971–1996) |
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The Estadio Azteca (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðjo asˈteka]) is a football stadium located in the suburb of Santa Úrsula in Mexico City, Mexico. Since its opening in 1966, the stadium has been the official home stadium of the professional Mexican football team Club América and the official national stadium of the Mexico national football team. With an official capacity of 87,000 it is the largest stadium in Mexico.
Regarded as one of the most famous and iconic football stadiums in the world, it is the first to have hosted two FIFA World Cup Finals. In the 1970 World Cup Final, Brazil defeated Italy 4–1, and in the 1986 World Cup Final, Argentina defeated West Germany 3–2. It also hosted the 1986 quarter-final match between Argentina and England in which Diego Maradona scored both the "Hand of God goal" and the "Goal of the Century". The stadium also hosted the "Game of the Century", when Italy defeated West Germany 4–3 in extra time in one of the 1970 semifinal matches.
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