Estadio Héroe de Nacozari is a multi-use

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of the

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of the

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. The stadium holds 18,747 people. The name ''Héroe de Nacozari'' ("Hero of Nacozari") honors Hermosillo native Jesús García who, in 1907, saved the city of Nacozari, Sonora, from destruction by a fire aboard a dynamite train. The stadium was opened on August 4, 1985. On December 6, 1995, the

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played a friendly match against

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in this stadium.

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