Estadio Borregos, also referred to as Estadio Banorte for sponsorship reasons, is a

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. It is the home stadium for the college football team

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of the ONEFA and the professional American football team

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from the

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. The stadium was inaugurated in April 2019 and seats 10,057 spectators. In March 2021, Mexican bank

Banorte Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V., doing business as Banorte (''Banco Mercantil del Norte'') and as Ixe, is a Mexican banking and financial services holding company with headquarters in Monterrey and Mexico City. It is one of the four large ...

was announced as the stadiums's main sponsor.

History

Following the demolition of the

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in 2017, after their main tenants,

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moved to the

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, the

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(ITESM), owner and operator of the stadium, decided to built a new stadium with smaller capacity to host their sports teams, mainly the

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and

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squads. The stadium broke ground in 2017 and was inaugurated on 30 April 2019 with an event that involved the student community of the ITESM. On 3 May 2019,

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played their first American football game against the

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, winning 24–17.

moved to the stadium for the LFA 2020 season from the Estadio Nuevo León Unido, which could only accommodate 1,500 people.

Facilities

The stadium is part of the Centro Deportivo Borregos, a sports complex within the

campus, that also includes: a smaller stadium with capacity of 2,000 spectators, a track and field stadium, a multi-use field, two grass fields, two fast football fields, one

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field and one turf football field. Estadio Borregos has six

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for players and two for referees, a fully equipped gymnasium a physiotherapy room and an athlete lounge.

Concerts

The stadium hosted

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in September 2022. It will host

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in January 2023

References

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