Arena Cora
| Arena Cora | |
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| El Coloso de Camichín | |
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| The Arena Cora in Tepic | |
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| place |
 Tepic , Nayarit , Mexico
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 29 '33 " N , 104 ° 48' 5" W |
| owner | State of Nayarit |
| opening | June 12, 2011 |
| First game | June 25, 2011 Chivas - Toluca 0-1 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | Mex $ 290 million |
| capacity | 12,945 seats |
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The Arena Cora is a football stadium with an athletics facility in Tepic , the capital of the Mexican state of Nayarit . The stadium, designed for athletics and football events , can accommodate 12,945 visitors and serves as the home ground of the football club Deportivo Tepic . The name was chosen in honor of the Cora indigenous people living in the state of Nayarit .
history
The stadium opened on June 12, 2011. The official inauguration took place two weeks later on June 25, 2011 with a friendly game between Chivas Guadalajara and Deportivo Toluca . Toluca dominated the game for long and deservedly won 1-0 with a goal that Raúl Nava scored in the 22nd minute. The game was chaired by World Cup referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez . Chivas' squad included Cristian Morán and Miguel Jiménez, two players born in the local state of Nayarit.
Web links
- La Jornada: Concesionan por 25 años la Arena Cora (Spanish; article of November 7, 2011)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nuevo Estadio Arena Cora, para el impulso del deporte (Spanish; article from August 16, 2011)
- ↑ Stadium profile at Soccerway (accessed September 1, 2014)
- ↑ Chivas vs Toluca en el Arena Cora ( Memento from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ El Sol de Nayarit: Vibra la Arena Cora en su primer partido (Spanish; article from June 28, 2011)