Estadio Nacional was a multi-use

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in the

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Sur neighborhood of

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

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. It was built in 1923; the architect was José Villagrán García. It was mostly used for

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and sport of athletics, athletics and was used as the main stadium for the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games. It was replaced by the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in the University City of Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, in the south of the city, in 1949, and the site was used for multifamily housing which was demolished after damage from the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Today the site is a park, the Jardín Ramón López Velarde.''Yo influyo'', "Estadio de la colonia Roma" (video)
/ref> The capacity of the stadium was 30,000 spectators.

References

Stadium history
Defunct football venues in Mexico Sports venues in Mexico City Colonia Roma Sports venues completed in 1923 1923 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-sports-venue-stub