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
Mexico 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
Baja California. 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 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 (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 football
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clubs in the Mexican League System
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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
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, 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 ...
.
References
Estadio Chevron
Sports venues in Tijuana
Mexican League ballparks
Sports venues completed in 1976
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