Estadio Chevron (formerly known as Estadio Nacional de Tijuana, Estadio de Beisbol Calimax, and Estadio Gasmart) is a baseball stadium located in Tijuana, Baja California, in

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with a capacity of 17,000, all seated. It was built in 1976 with a capacity of 14,000 and named Cerro Colorado Stadium, after a supermarket chain based in

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. It was expanded in 2006 to its current capacity of 17,000. The stadium was inaugurated on October 12, 1977 with a game between the Potros de Tijuana and the Águilas de Mexicali of the Mexican Pacific League. In 2004, professional baseball returned, now with a Mexican Baseball League franchise under the name "Toros de Tijuana". The following year would change its name to "Potros de Tijuana", as they were known in their previous iterations and would be from 2005 to 2008. It played host to the

Tijuana Cimarrones The Tijuana Cimarrones were a professional independent baseball franchise based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. They were originally a minor league baseball team in Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (Mexican Baseball League), but joined the Golden B ...

of the Golden Baseball League for one season in 2010.GBL South of the Border!
GBL website, December 15, 2008 Most recently, it has been hosting the second iteration of the Toros de Tijuana, members of the

Liga Norte de México The Liga Norte de México (''LNM'') (English: ''Northern League of México'') is a professional baseball league located in the Northwest of Mexico in the states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. Formerly known as Liga Norte de ...

(League of Northern Mexico). This iteration of the Toros de Tijuana would join the Mexican Baseball Leagues in 2014. Estadio Chevron has also been the site of several México Segunda División (second division) and México Tercera División

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clubs in the

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, such as

Inter de Tijuana Club Inter de Tijuana was a Mexican football team that competed in Ascenso MX. They played in the Estadio del Cerro Colorado in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. History The team was founded in 1989 and began in the Segunda División de México ...

Chivas Tijuana Chivas Tijuana, was a Mexican professional football club and former affiliate of Chivas, was based in the city of Tijuana, in the state of Baja California, Mexico. History The club was founded in 1997 and was affiliated with Chivas from the fi ...

, and

Nacional Tijuana Club de Fútbol Nacional de Tijuana was a Mexican football team that played in the Primera Division 'A' of before their disappearance. They played their games in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. They managed to be in the Primera ...

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