The Estadio Nido del Colibri (English: ''Hummingbird's Nest Stadium'') was a planned multi-use
stadium
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in
Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
,
Mexico
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. It was originally intended to be used as the home stadium of
Colibríes de Morelos, a short-lived football team in Mexico. The stadium was to have a capacity of 35,000 and 112
box
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seats.
Origins
In December 2002, it was announced that
the team of Celaya would relocate to
Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
in the state of
Morelos
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to form
Colibries de Morelos, owned by Jorge Rodriguez Marié. The city did not have a home stadium, but they were able to use
Estadio Mariano Matamoros
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located in nearby
Xochitepec
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for most of 2003. The stadium was the smallest stadium in Liga MX, housing 16,000 people. Marié, the proprietor of Colibries, planned on giving the team a new stadium once they settled in the
Primera División de Mexico
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for a couple seasons.
Concept
Not much was revealed about the stadium size or architecture, but the stadium was to have a capacity of 35,000. The facility was also meant to house four practice fields, a smaller stadium for a possible academy team, a restaurant, and a clubhouse nearby.
See also
*
Estadio Centenario (Cuernavaca)
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References
Nido del Colibri
Sports venues in Morelos
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