Estadio Azteca

Estadio Azteca is a football stadium in Mexico City. Built in 1966 for the 1968 Summer Olympics, it is one of the largest stadiums in the world, with a capacity of 114,600 seats. Alternative names include el Coloso de Santa Úrsula and (obsolete) el Estadio Guillermo Cañedo.

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Football - Stadium - Mexico City - 1966 - 1968 Summer Olympics

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It is the home stadium of the Mexican national team and Mexican clubs Club América and Atlante and the one-time home of Cruz Azul and Necaxa. The stadium hosted two World Cup finals, in 1970 and 1986. It also hosted the 1986 quarter-final between Argentina and England in which Diego Maradona scored both the Hand of God goal and the Goal of the Century, in memory of which a bronze plaque of his goal was placed outside the stadium. It also played host to the first ever National Football League regular season game played outside the United States on October 2, 2005 between the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers in front of an NFL regular season record crowd of 103,467.

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Club América - Atlante - Cruz Azul - Necaxa - World Cup - 1970 - 1986 - Argentina - England - Diego Maradona - Hand of God goal - Goal of the Century - National Football League - Regular season - United States - October 2 - 2005 - Arizona Cardinals - San Francisco 49ers

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Estadio Azteca has been host to a wide variety of competitions. Throughout the stadium's history, it has hosted a number of international sporting events such as:

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• Mexico City Summer Olympics 1968
• FIFA World Cup 1970
• FIFA Womens World Cup 1971
• FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
• Panamerican Games 1975
• FIFA Youth World Cup 1983
• FIFA Confederations Cup 1999
• National Football League (NFL) American Bowl

The stadium has also hosted international club tournaments such at the Copa InterAmericana and the pCopa Libertadores.

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Estadio Azteca has also been used for musical performances throughout its history. U2, Queen, Elton John, Metallica, Madonna, Mana, Juan Gabriel, Ana Gabriel, 3 Tenors all have become part of the stadium's mystique. But what perhaps is most remembered amongst the Mexican people is the visit from the late Pope John Paul II in 1999.

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It is served by the Estadio Azteca station on the Xochimilco Light Rail line.

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Due to the size of the stadium, which due to closures at the Maracana in Rio is currently the planets biggest football stadium, tickets are usually readily available, up to kick-off times, from the ticket office which is located at the front of the stadium, just down the exit ramps from the Estadio Azteca station. Tickets start from as little as $50 Mexican Pesos. For bigger matches such as Club América's games against Chivas and Pumas where sell outs are common numerous touts circulate offering tickets at competitive prices, be careful to check that your tickets are within the same section of the ground though.

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Club América - Chivas - Pumas

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