The Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca is a multi-use stadium in

Oaxaca City Oaxaca de Juárez (), also Oaxaca City or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec: ''Ndua''), is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding Municipality of Oaxaca. It is in the Centro ...

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

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. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for

Alebrijes de Oaxaca Alebrijes de Oaxaca Fútbol Club is a Mexican football team based in the city of Oaxaca, state of Oaxaca. They play in the second tier of Mexican football league, Liga de Expansión MX. The team was created when the Tecamachalco franchise won ...

. The stadium has a capacity of 16,000 people and also includes 72 luxury boxes.

History

Construction on the new stadium began in March 2013 as part of the 45th anniversary ceremonies of the Oaxaca Institute of Technology (ITO). Delays were incurred during the project when teachers and students of the ITO protested, prompting construction to be halted for 11 months and nearly forcing the Alebrijes to move out of Oaxaca. The stadium was designed to imitate the ballgame court at

Monte Albán Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexico, Mexican state of Oaxaca (17.043° N, 96.767°W). The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above the plain i ...

. It has a nominal capacity of 14,950 seats installed in order to meet the requirements of the

Mexican Football Federation The Mexican Football Federation (; abbreviated as Femexfut or FMF) is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It adm the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, dire ...

; in the event that Alebrijes are promoted to the Liga MX, the stadium is capable of expansion to 25,000. The venue was formally inaugurated on March 27, 2016, for a friendly between Alebrijes and Pumas. Governor

Gabino Cué Monteagudo Gabino Cué Monteagudo (born February 23, 1966 in Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico) is a Mexican politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians ...

performed the ceremonial opening kickoff. The venue replaced the

Estadio Benito Juárez Estadio Benito Juárez was a stadium in Oaxaca,_Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. It held about 10,250 people and was primarily used for soccer. Construction began in 1984, the stadium was opened in 1987, and was closed and demolished in 2015. References ...

as the home ground of the Alebrijes. A stadium.com survey ranked the new Estadio Tecnológico among the top 20 new stadiums worldwide for 2016. In July 2016, shortly after the stadium opened, Governor Cué ceded operation of the stadium to the San Román family, which owns the Alebrijes through the Grupo Tecomachalco, free for 20 years; authorities of the technological institute also have demanded that the state government transfer ownership of the facility to them.

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