Estadio Nacional (Mexico)

Estadio Nacional

Full name	Estadio Nacional
Location	Colonia Roma Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates	Coordinates: 19°24′34″N 99°09′22″W / 19.409436°N 99.155994°W
Capacity	30,000
Opened	1923
Closed	1949
Tenants
1926 Central American and Caribbean Games

Estadio Nacional was a multi-use stadium in the Colonia Roma Sur neighborhood of Mexico City, Mexico. It was built in 1923; the architect was José Villagrán García. It was mostly used for football and athletics and was used as the main staidum for the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games. It was replaced by the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in the Ciudad Universitaria, in the south of the city, in 1949, and the site was used for multifamily housing which was demolished after damage from the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Today the site is a park, the Jardín Ramón López Velarde.^[1] The capacity of the stadium was 30,000 spectators.

References

1. Yo influyo, "Estadio de la colonia Roma" (video)

• Stadium history