Ciudad Jardín Bicentenario, also known as Ciudad Jardín, is a sports and shopping complex in
Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
Nezahualcóyotl (), or more commonly Neza, is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico. It is located in the state of Mexico, adjacent to the east side of Mexico City. The municipality comprises its own intrasta ...
("Neza"),
State of Mexico
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, part of
Greater Mexico City
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. Opened in May 2009, it was developed on of what were the Neza I y II landfills, which in their 65 years of history received over of garbage from Mexico City. On a sports center was built, the largest in Greater Mexico City. On the second lot, a shopping center was built, inaugurated in late 2008, as well as a higher education institute, a hospital, medical offices, a community center and an entertainment area.
History
Development
In the early decade of the 2000s, ideas were raised as to how to transform one of the largest landfills in the Americas into a center for shopping, ecology, education, and living, in the way that had already been accomplished in
Santa Fe, Mexico City
Santa Fe is one of Mexico City's major business districts, located in the west part of the city in the ''alcaldías'' (boroughs) of Cuajimalpa and Álvaro Obregón. The Paseo de la Reforma avenue and Constituyentes avenue are the primary mean ...
. Municipal and state authorities as well as private investors supported the idea.
About 200 million dollars in private capital was invested, 70% of which was that of Promotora Sanborn's and Constructora IDEAL (Impulsora para el Desarrollo y el Empleo en América Latina), both companies headed up by billionaire
Carlos Slim Helú
Carlos Slim Helú (; born 28 January 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world by the ''Forbes'' business magazine. He derived his fortune from h ...
.
Of the 200 million USD, about 400 million Mexican pesos went to build the sports complex.
Ciudad Jardín was opened by the State of Mexico governor (later Mexican president)
Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican politician who served as the 64th president of Mexico from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party ...
and by Slim on 22 May 2009.
Current
As of June 2013, it is reported that since 2009 the sports complex has been closed. The city of Neza is trying to gain control from the controlling Board of Trustees.
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Name
The name celebrates the Mexican bicentennial in 2010, as the complex was expected to be complete by that year.
Shopping center
The shopping center areas have a total land area of and a total of built-up area.[
It is divided into two sections, 'Plaza Ciudad Jardín" and "Centro Comercial Ciudad Jardín", where two retail groups predominate: ]Wal-Mart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...
with a Wal-Mart
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and Sams Club, restaurants Vips and El Portón and department store Suburbia; while Grupo Carso
Grupo Carso is a Mexican global Conglomerate (company), conglomerate company owned by Carlos Slim. It was formed in 1990 after the merger of Corporación Industrial Carso and Grupo Inbursa. The name Carso stands for Carlos Slim and Soumaya Domit ...
has Sears
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, Mixup and Sanborns. There are 194 stores and parking for 3750 cars.
Ciudad Deportiva
The Sports Center covers and has 41 fields and courts: 25 soccer fields, five for indoor soccer, two American football fields, four tennis courts, four basketball courts, four volleyball courts, two jai alai courts, two baseball fields, an aerobics floor, playgrounds and recreational areas. It also contains a nearly Olympic-sized stadium, a cycling track and two gymnasiums. However, as of January 2010, it is closed to the public because state and municipal authorities have not regularized the title of the land on which it sits. Entrance to the facilities will be free, due to corporate sponsorship to cover administrative costs.
Other amenities
Universidad La Salle and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to:
Places
* Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Universidad (Madrid)
Football clubs
* Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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have a presence here as well as a Rehabilitation center for Teletón México. The center is planned to be connected to route 3 of the (suburban rail system) a line that should connect metro station Metro Nezahualcoyotl with Chalco.
External links
Shopping center's Facebook page
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References
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Shopping malls in Greater Mexico City
Parks in Mexico
Sports venues in the State of Mexico
Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
Former landfills