Estadio Banorte
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| Floodlight show in the Estadio Banorte | |
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 Culiacan , Sinaloa
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| Coordinates | 24 ° 49 '50 " N , 107 ° 24' 15" W |
| start of building | 2003 |
| opening | August 23, 2003 |
| First game | Dorados de Sinaloa - Cobras Ciudad Juarez |
| capacity | 21,000 |
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Dorados de Sinaloa |
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The Estadio Banorte is a football stadium in Culiacan , the capital of the Mexican state of Sinaloa . It is named after the credit institution of the same name , which acquired the naming rights to the stadium.
history
The 21,000-seat stadium was built in the record time of just three months to serve as the home ground of the newly founded club Dorados de Sinaloa , which began playing in the second-rate Primera División 'A' in the 2003/04 season . After the association succeeded in direct ascent, he was in the seasons 2004/05 and 2005/06 in the first division represented and thus the stadium for two years the venue of Erstligabegegnungen. Another first division season was added in 2015/16 , when the Dorados were again represented in the top division.
The stadium opening took place on August 23, 2003 with the first home game of the Dorados in the second division against the north Mexican rival Cobras Ciudad Juarez . The Dorados won the game 4-2 and their striker Héctor Giménez was the first scorer in the new stadium in the third minute. Against the same opponent succeeded in the local stadium at the end of the Apertura 2003 in the final second leg a 5-3 win after extra time, which meant winning the second division championship. In the promotion finals at the end of the 2003/04 season a 2-1 win against Club León succeeded here , which meant promotion to the first division.
The first home game in the first division ended on August 21, 2004 with a 2-1 win against the north Mexican rivals Santos Laguna . Former international Jared Borgetti scored both goals for the hosts .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Mexican 2003/04 season on RSSSF
- ↑ The Mexican 2004/05 season on RSSSF