The Tijuana National Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Nacional de Tijuana), known as Chevron Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Chevron) for commercial reasons, is a
ballpark
A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into two field sections called the infield and the outfield. The infield is an area whose dimensions are rigidly defined in part ba ...
in
Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...
, Baja California, Mexico. Opened in 1976, it is the home of the
Toros de Tijuana of the
Mexican League.
History
The stadium was inaugurated on October 12, 1977, with a game between the Potros de Tijuana and the Águilas de Mexicali of the
Mexican Pacific League. In 2004, professional baseball returned, now with a
Mexican Baseball League franchise under the name "Toros de Tijuana". The following year the team changed its name to "Potros de Tijuana", as they were known in their previous iterations and would be from 2005 to 2008. It played host to the
Tijuana Cimarrones of the
Golden Baseball League for one season in 2010.
GBL South of the Border!
GBL website, December 15, 2008 Most recently, it has been hosting the second iteration of the Toros de Tijuana, members of the Liga Norte de México (League of Northern Mexico). This iteration of the Toros de Tijuana would join the Mexican Baseball Leagues in 2014.
Tijuana National Stadium has also been the site of several México Second Division (second division) and
México Third Division football clubs in the Mexican League System, such as Inter de Tijuana, Chivas Tijuana, and Nacional Tijuana.
It was expanded in 2006 from its original capacity of 14,000 to 17,000.
References
Estadio Chevron
Sports venues in Tijuana
Mexican League ballparks
Sports venues completed in 1976
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