Estadio Olímpico Ignacio Zaragoza (In English: Ignacio Zaragoza Olympic Stadium) is an Olympic stadium where professional football and baseball have been played. It is located in

Puebla, Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza (; ; ), formally Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, formerly Puebla de los Ángeles during colonial times, or known simply as Puebla, is the seat of Puebla Municipality. It is the capital and largest city of the state of Puebla, and t ...

, Mexico () east of

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

). The stadium was built in 1952 and used by local professional baseball team

Pericos de Puebla The Pericos de Puebla (English: Puebla Parrots) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Puebla. Their home ballpark is the Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán. Established in 1938, the Pericos have won five Mexican League ...

from 1952 to 1972. It was also used by

Club Puebla Club Puebla is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Puebla (city), Puebla. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. Founded in 1944 as Puebla Fútbol Club, and ...

from 1957 to 1968.

Notable events

In 1981, on 17 and 18 October, British rock band Queen played for the Mexican audience. The first of two concerts was the most significant, because people broke a gate of the stadium, and there were many excesses because people had not seen an event like this before. People threw many objects to stage: shoes, batteries, food, etc. And a pantyhose filled with dust was thrown to the guitar player Brian May. At the end, Freddie Mercury said to the Mexican audience: "Thank you for the shoes..."

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Estadio Zaragoza Location
1952 establishments in Mexico American football venues in Mexico Baseball venues in Mexico

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