Parque la Junta (La Junta Park) is a
baseball field
A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refer ...
built in 1947 in
Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Laredo () is a city in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, across from Laredo, Texas, Laredo, United States. The 2010 census popula ...
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Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities.
It is located in nor ...
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Mexico
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World Stadiums
The ball park has a capacity of 5,000 people. The stadium was home to the five-time champion Mexican Baseball League team Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Two Laredos Owls) from 1947 to 2003. In 2019, the Tecolotes began using the park as their home stadium in Mexico instead of Estadio Nuevo Laredo. Thus, they will split home games between Parque la Junta and Uni-Trade Stadium, which is located across the river in Laredo, Texas
Laredo ( ; ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Webb County, Texas, Webb County, on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Founded in 1755, Laredo grew from a villag ...
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References
Baseball venues in Mexico
Mexican League ballparks
Nuevo Laredo
Sports in Laredo, Texas
Sports venues in Tamaulipas
Sports venues completed in 1947
1947 establishments in Mexico
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