Ciudad Jardín Bicentenario, also known as Ciudad Jardín, is a sports and shopping complex in

Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl Nezahualcóyotl (), or more commonly Neza, is a city and municipal seat of the municipalities of Mexico, municipality of Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico. It is located in the List of states of Mexico, state of State of Mexico, Mexico, adjacent to the ...

("Neza"),

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, part of

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. Opened in May 2009, it was developed on of what were the Neza I y II landfills, which in their 65 years of history received over of garbage from Mexico City. On a sports center was built, the largest in Greater Mexico City. On the second lot, a shopping center was built, inaugurated in late 2008, as well as a higher education institute, a hospital, medical offices, a community center and an entertainment area.

History

Development

In the early decade of the 2000s, ideas were raised as to how to transform one of the largest landfills in the Americas into a center for shopping, ecology, education, and living, in the way that had already been accomplished in

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. Municipal and state authorities as well as private investors supported the idea. About 200 million dollars in private capital was invested, 70% of which was that of Promotora Sanborn's and Constructora IDEAL (Impulsora para el Desarrollo y el Empleo en América Latina), both companies headed up by billionaire

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. Of the 200 million USD, about 400 million Mexican pesos went to build the sports complex. Ciudad Jardín was opened by the State of Mexico governor (later Mexican president)

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and by Slim on 22 May 2009.

Current

As of June 2013, it is reported that since 2009 the sports complex has been closed. The city of Neza is trying to gain control from the controlling Board of Trustees.

Name

The name celebrates the Mexican bicentennial in 2010, as the complex was expected to be complete by that year.

Shopping center

The shopping center areas have a total land area of and a total of built-up area. It is divided into two sections, 'Plaza Ciudad Jardín" and "Centro Comercial Ciudad Jardín", where two retail groups predominate:

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with a

and Sams Club, restaurants Vips and El Portón and department store Suburbia; while

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has

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, Mixup and

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. There are 194 stores and parking for 3750 cars.

Ciudad Deportiva

The Sports Center covers and has 41 fields and courts: 25 soccer fields, five for indoor soccer, two American football fields, four tennis courts, four basketball courts, four volleyball courts, two jai alai courts, two baseball fields, an aerobics floor, playgrounds and recreational areas. It also contains a nearly Olympic-sized stadium, a cycling track and two gymnasiums. However, as of January 2010, it is closed to the public because state and municipal authorities have not regularized the title of the land on which it sits. Entrance to the facilities will be free, due to corporate sponsorship to cover administrative costs.

Other amenities

Universidad La Salle and

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have a presence here as well as a Rehabilitation center for Teletón México. The center is planned to be connected to route 3 of the Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México (suburban rail system) a line that should connect metro station Metro Nezahualcoyotl with Chalco.

External links

Shopping center's Facebook page
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References

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