Estadio Tres de Marzo

  • Estudiantes Tecos
  • Football World Cup 1986

The Estadio Tres de Marzo ( March 3 Stadium German ) is a campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (Autonomous University of Guadalajara ) located soccer stadium, which is located in the west adjacent to Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan. The name was chosen because the university was founded on March 3, 1935. The stadium is the home ground of the Mexican division club Estudiantes Tecos, but is also used for open-air concerts.

History

After the bodies of the largest private university in the metropolitan area of ​​Guadalajara had decided to make a professional football team on its feet, in 1971 a starting place in the then third-rate Tercera División received, at the same time had to be erected a suitable sports park. He took his time about 3,000 spectators and was designed for the third league.

However, the team succeeded after two years, the rise in the then second-rate Segunda División, were subject to more stringent criteria. For example, had the stages of playing in this league clubs can hold at least 15,000 visitors. The stadium was expanded accordingly. But the footballer rose again in 1975. In the Primera División This time, the top division. Once again, an extension was required, increasing capacity to 22,000.

About ten years later, the stadium was chosen as the venue for the discharged in Mexico FIFA World Cup 1986, which took a further expansion after next to a modernization. The official capacity during the 1986 World Cup came to exactly 30,015 seats. Here two games of the preliminary round Group D were held, in which also world champion Brazil was represented. Its games were invariably held in the Estadio Jalisco much larger. In Estadio Tres de Marzo two group matches of the team from Northern Ireland took place: on 3 June against Algeria (1-1) and on 7 June against Spain (1:2).

The date last modernization took place in 1999. In this case, the capacity of the rare sold-out stadium was again reduced to 22,000.

Concerts

  • 8 and 9 February 2003 - Shakira Tour of the Mongoose
  • April 5, 2011 - Shakira, The Sun Comes Out World Tour
  • May 3, 2011 - Lady Gaga, The Monster Ball Tour
  • December 1, 2011 - Britney Spears, Femme Fatale Tour -
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