Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico
87,523
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 places
Estadio Azteca in Mexico City is the largest of the 57 listed stadiums in Mexico. It was a venue of the FIFA World Cup in 1970, 1986 and 2026 and of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
It opened in 1966. The nearest listed stadium is Estadio Olímpico Universitario, 5.4 km away.
- Listed for
- American football and football
- Tenants
- Club América, Cruz Azul, Mexico national football team, Atlante
- Surface
- Hybrid grass
- Position
- 19.30° N, 99.15° W
Where it stands in Mexico
- Estadio Azteca87,523
- Estadio Olímpico Universitario18,523 fewer69,000
- Estadio Jalisco33,586 fewer53,937
- Estadio BBVA33,994 fewer53,529
- 53 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1961
- Operator
- S.A.B.
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m
- Recorded construction cost
- $ 260 million
- Record attendance
- 119,853 (1968)
- Elevation
- 2,241 m
- Opening order in Mexico
- joint 14th of 57, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in Mexico
- 6.1%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2026, more recent than 18 of the other 20 listed stadiums in Mexico with such a year
- Compared with the median in Mexico
- 4.3 times the median capacity of 20,195 across its 57 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1960s in Mexico
- 13 of the 57 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 1966 in Mexico
- Estadio Tamaulipas
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, 1,229 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 2
Chronology
- 1966 Opened
- 1968 Summer Olympics venue
- 1970 FIFA World Cup venue
- 1986 FIFA World Cup venue, Renovated
- 1999 Renovated
- 2013 Renovated
- 2016 Renovated
- 2024 Renovated
- 2026 FIFA World Cup venue, Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- Estadio Olímpico Universitario · north-west69,000 places, opened 19525.4 km
- Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes · north34,253 places, opened 19469.4 km
- Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú · north-east20,062 places, opened 201913.1 km
- Estadio Neza 86 · north-east20,000 places, opened 198120.6 km
- Nemesio Diez Stadium · west30,000 places, opened 195454.2 km
Source: Wikipedia, Estadio Azteca.