Estadio Alfonso Lastras is a multi-use unfinished
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...
,
Mexico
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. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches, and also music concerts. It used to be the home stadium of
San Luis F.C.
San Luis Fútbol Club was a Mexican professional football club from the city of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The club was founded in 1957, when they were known as Santos (saints). The team's nickname of ''Tuneros'', a reference to the tuna fruit, was ...
but after it dissolved,
Atlético San Luis is the current team that play in Alfonso Lastras. The stadium holds 25,709 people and was built in 2002. It is named after the late
Alfonso Lastras Ramírez, who was co-founder of an early football club called
Cachorros de San Luis.
As of 2017, the stadium was owned by Jacobo Payan Latuff and
Atletico de Madrid.
The stadium hosted a 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Trinidad and Tobago.
References
Alfonso Lastras
San Luis F.C.
Sports venues in San Luis Potosí
Atlético San Luis
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