Estadio León

Not to be confused with Camp Nou.

Estadio León
Construction

Location	León, Guanajuato
Owner	City of León de Los Aldamas
Operator	Club León
Capacity	31,297^[1]
Field size	105 x 68m
Surface	Grass
Opened	March 1, 1967
Construction cost	$12'500,000 (1960's)
Architect	Constructora ARVA S.A. de C.V
Tenants
Club León (Liga MX) (1967–present) Union de Curtidores (Segunda División Profesional) (2013–present)

The Estadio León, unofficially known as Nou Camp, is a mid-sized football stadium with a seating capacity of 31,297 built in 1967, and located in the city of León, Guanajuato, in the Bajío region of central Mexico. This sport facility is used mostly for football matches and is the home of the Club León. Because of its excellent location and facilities this stadium hosted matches for the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

It hosted several football matches during the 1968 Summer Olympics. During those games, it seated 23,609.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.clubleon-fc.com/index.php/clubleon/estadio
↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 79.

Coordinates: 21°6′55.96″N 101°39′27.88″W / 21.1155444°N 101.6577444°W / 21.1155444; -101.6577444

2015–16 Liga MX venues

Azteca Azul Banorte BBVA Bancomer Caliente Chivas Corona Corregidora de la Fuente Hidalgo Jalisco León Morelos Multiva Nemesio Díez Olímpico Universitario Universitario Universitario BUAP Víctor Manuel Reyna

Olympic venues in association football

1900 Vélodrome de Vincennes 1904 Francis Field 1908 White City Stadium 1912 Råsunda IP, Stockholm Olympic Stadium (final), Tranebergs Idrottsplats 1920 Jules Ottenstadion, Olympisch Stadion (final), Stade Joseph Marien, Stadion Broodstraat 1924 Stade Bergeyre, Stade de Colombes (final), Stade de Paris, Stade Pershing 1928 Monnikenhuize, Olympic Stadium (final), Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel 1936 Hertha-BSC Field, Mommsenstadion, Olympiastadion (final), Poststadion 1948 Arsenal Stadium, Champion Hill, Craven Cottage, Cricklefield Stadium, Empire Stadium (medal matches), Green Pond Road, Griffin Park, Selhurst Park, White Hart Lane 1952 Helsinki Football Grounds, Kotka, Lahti, Olympic Stadium (final), Tampere, Turku 1956 Melbourne Cricket Ground (final), Olympic Park Stadium 1960 Florence Communal Stadium, Grosseto Communal Stadium, L'Aquila Communal Stadium, Livorno Ardenza Stadium, Naples Saint Paul's Stadium, Pescara Adriatic Stadium, Stadio Flaminio (final) 1964 Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Mitsuzawa Football Field, Nagai Stadium, Tokyo National Stadium (final), Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Ōmiya Football Field, Prince Chichibu Memorial Football Field 1968 Estadio Azteca (final), Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Estadio Nou Camp, Jalisco Stadium 1972 Drei Flüsse Stadion, ESV-Stadion, Jahnstadion, Olympiastadion (final), Rosenaustadion, Urban Stadium 1976 Lansdowne Park, Olympic Stadium (final), Sherbrooke Stadium, Varsity Stadium 1980 Dinamo Stadium, Dynamo Central Stadium, Grand Arena, Grand Arena (final), Kirov Stadium, Republican Stadium 1984 Harvard Stadium, Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Rose Bowl (final), Stanford Stadium 1988 Busan Stadium, Daegu Stadium, Daejeon Stadium, Dongdaemun Stadium, Olympic Stadium (final) 1992 Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Camp Nou (final), Estadio Luís Casanova, La Romareda, Sarrià Stadium 1996 Florida Citrus Bowl, Legion Field, Orange Bowl, RFK Memorial Stadium, Sanford Stadium (both finals) 2000 Stadium Australia, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Bruce Stadium, Hindmarsh Stadium, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Olympic Stadium (men's final), Sydney Football Stadium (women's final) 2004 Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Karaiskakis Stadium (women's final), Olympic Stadium (men's final), Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Pankritio Stadium, Panthessaliko Stadium 2008 Beijing National Stadium (men's final), Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shanghai Stadium, Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Workers' Stadium (women's final) 2012 City of Coventry Stadium, Hampden Park, Millennium Stadium, St James' Park, Old Trafford, Wembley Stadium (both finals) 2016 Estádio Nacional de Brasília, Arena Fonte Nova, Mineirão, Arena Corinthians, Arena da Amazônia, Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Maracanã (both finals)

Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics

1970 FIFA World Cup stadiums

Guadalajara - Estadio Jalisco León - Estadio Nou Camp Mexico City - Estadio Azteca Puebla - Estadio Cuauhtémoc Toluca - Estadio Luis Dosal

1986 FIFA World Cup stadiums

Mexico City - Azteca Mexico City - Olimpico Universitario Guadalajara - Jalisco Puebla - Cuauhtémoc Monterrey - Universitario Santiago de Querétaro - Corregidora Monterrey - Tecnológico León - Nou Camp Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl - Neza 86 Irapuato - Sergio León Chávez Guadalajara - Tres de Marzo Toluca - Nemesio Díez

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