Estadio Francisco Morazán
| "El Morazán" | |
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| Former names | Estadio Morazan |
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| Location | Boulevard Morazán, San Pedro Sula Honduras |
| Coordinates | 15°30′27″N 88°02′00″W / 15.50750°N 88.03333°WCoordinates: 15°30′27″N 88°02′00″W / 15.50750°N 88.03333°W |
| Owner | San Pedro Sula Municipality |
| Operator | Real Club Deportivo España |
| Capacity | 18,000 largest crowd: 22,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1938 |
| Opened | 1 January 1938 |
| Closed | January 2015 Re-opened February, 2015 |
| Construction cost | Unknown |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Structural engineer | Unknown |
| General contractor | Municipalidad de San Pedro Sula |
| Tenants | |
| Real Club Deportivo España Club Deportivo Marathon | |
The Francisco Morazán Stadium is one of the three stadiums available to the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It is an official stadium for games of the National League of Professional Football in Honduras; as well as, for international matches and international competitions of the Football Confederation of North, Central and Caribbean (CONCACAF) and FIFA.
Nowadays, it is the official stadium of Real Club Deportivo España and sometimes for Club Deportivo Marathon. It is also used for other activities, including concerts, religious services, parades, and other things. It has a capacity of 18,000 fans, according to FIFA restrictions, but 21,500 viewers according to the Football Federation of Honduras.
Through its history, the Francisco Morazán Stadium has hosted major sporting events. At this stadium, they were held tournaments and World Cup qualifying matches for the adult Honduran teams. Also, qualifying championships, for the Under 17, Under 20 and Olympic categories belonging to the CONCACAF area.
The General Francisco Morazán Stadium is located between the 12 and 14 Avenue of the modern city of San Pedro Sula in Honduras. The stands called 'Sol Sur' is located back to the Boulevard Morazán. And the part that does not have any stands borders the Third Street. San Pedro Sula's also home to two more stadiums (Olimpico Metropolitano and Yankel Rosenthal). This city is considered or called the industrial capital of Honduras for its commercial importance and its considerable number of inhabitants. So it is undoubtedly the second largest city of the Republic of Honduras.
The stadium is in a good central location within the city of San Pedro Sula, very close to the best hotels, restaurants and sports training facilities in the city. Also, the Francisco Morazán stadium is very close to access roads linking the city of San Pedro Sula, with the capital Tegucigalpa and Puerto Cortes, the country's largest port. The international airport of the city, Ramon Villeda Morales is about 15 minutes from the stadium Francisco Morazán and the bus terminal that connects San Pedro Sula with the rest of the country is about 5 minutes away from the stadium.
According to some local historians, the stadium General Francisco Morazán was built little by little since 1938. Benedicto Muñoz one of the administrators of the stadium in 2013, said to a sport news channel from San Pedro Sula. That it was around that time (1938), when teams of the neighborhood and surrounding communities began to carry out their sporting events, right where the stadium is now located.
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