Estadio La Martinica
| Estadio La Martinica | |
|---|---|
| Data | |
| place |
 León , Guanajuato , Mexico
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 6 '58.8 " N , 101 ° 39' 56" W |
| opening | 1950 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 11,000 seats |
| Societies) | |
The Estadio La Martinica is a football stadium opened in 1950 in the Mexican city of León , the most important industrial city in the state of Guanajuato . It was named because of its location in Colonia La Martinica, where it is located on Calle Antonio "La Tota" Carbajal . Before its expansion, the stadium, which was originally opened in 1945, was called Parque San Sebastián .
history
Originally designed for only around two thousand spectators, the stadium initially served as the home ground of Club San Sebastián , which is based in León, and was expanded to 11,000 at the end of the 1940s due to its low capacity. When it reopened in 1950, the stadium, now known under its new name, was also used as a home ground by city rivals Club León , which had previously played Estadio Enrique Fernández Martínez in 1945 and won his first two championship titles there in 1948 and 1949. During his time at the Estadio La Martinica, the championship titles of 1952 and 1956 were added.
After completion of the larger and more modern Estadio León , which hosted the football world championships in 1970 and 1986 and is only about one kilometer east of the Estadio La Martinica, Club León moved into this stadium, which still serves as its home ground today, while the Estadio La Martinica became the permanent home ground of city rivals Unión de Curtidores . During the 1970 World Cup, the Peruvian national team used the stadium for training sessions and played a friendly against Unión de Curtidores.
Due to the increasing deterioration of the stadium, most of the spectator stands were closed in February 2002 and were only allowed to be used in part of the main stand.
Because of the deteriorating condition of the turf, Unión de Curtidores later left the stadium entirely and at most completed training sessions there. After the club also sold its professional license due to financial problems in the summer of 2013 , the old stadium was finally obsolete and is now available for sale and demolition.
Web links
- La Martinica se desmorona (Spanish; article from March 17, 2014)
- Photo of the stadium from 2010
- Picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of main stadiums for soccer in Mexico at RSSSF.com (English)
- ^ Club Deportivo Unión de Curtidores at Fussballzz.de
- ↑ a b El Heraldo de León: Se vende el estadio de La Martinica, scenario de más grandezas del León ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish; article of June 3, 2014)
- ↑ El Sol de León: Desaparece Curtidores (Spanish; article from June 18, 2013)
