Estadio Cuauhtémoc
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| Location | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 19°04′41″N 98°09′52″W / 19.07806°N 98.16444°WCoordinates: 19°04′41″N 98°09′52″W / 19.07806°N 98.16444°W |
| Owner | State of Puebla |
| Operator | Puebla F.C. |
| Capacity | 46,928 |
| Field size | 105 x 68 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | October 8, 1968 |
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| Puebla (1968–present) | |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc (currently known as Estadio Multiva due to naming rights) is a football stadium in the city of Puebla, Mexico.It is the home of Puebla F.C. [1] It is currently the fourth biggest football stadium in Mexico by capacity.The stadium has been the host of the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. From November 2014 – 2015, the stadium went through massive renovations.
As of November 2015, Cuauhtémoc Stadium is considered to be an innovation in textile design and sports architecture in Mexico, since it is the first and only stadium in Latin America to have a facade totally covered with ETFE.[2]
Estadio Cuauhtémoc has been the home for Puebla F.C. for the last 40 years and has witnessed various national and international tournaments the stadium has located in Puebla, Puebla Mexico.
The Stadium was originally designed in 1985 by architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, who also designed El Estadio Azteca and the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
It was inaugurated on October 6, 1968 during the pre-inauguration of the 1968 Summer Olympics. It is named after the Mexican brewery Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma, who paid for most of the construction.
In its first years of existence the club had a capacity of 35,000, which was expanded in 1986 for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. A mural that had been painted by Jesús Corro Ferrer, which represented the human race, had to be covered up. The stadium has an official capacity for 42,648, though on some occasions it has had attendance of above 50,000 .The Stadium is the 4th largest, as well as the tallest, stadium in Mexico, behind the Estadio Jalisco in Jalisco. The stadium has hosted 2 Mexican Primera División finals. The first came in the 1982-83 tournament when Puebla F.C. defeated C.D. Guadalajara
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