The Estadio Tamaulipas is a

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stadium in the southern portion of the Mexican state of

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, serving as the home of C.D.S. Tampico Madero It sits across two municipalities,

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and

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, and has a capacity of 19,667. The center line of the stadium sits on the municipal boundary.

History

Construction of the Estadio Tamaulipas began on 3 January 1965, with a groundbreaking ceremony led by Governor Praxedis Balboa. The stadium was designed by Manuel Ortega Barroueta, who was responsible for a number of other stadiums around the country in the late 1960s, including the

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and the original

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. The first match in the stadium was held on 3 April 1966, between

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and a combined team of players from Tampico and Madero, which at the time had separate squads; Monaco won 2-1, with Francis Blanc scoring the first goal in the Estadio Tamaulipas. In 1978, two additional levels of suites were constructed to bring the stadium to four levels of suites. In 2008, the Estadio Tamaulipas received the largest renovation in its history, Among the additions was a seating area for disabled fans, though its small size has been criticized as insufficient for playoff matches. In 2016, for safety and security purposes, capacity was reduced to 19,415 as part of a renovation that improved locker rooms and suites. The pitch was flooded by storms in November 2016. A potential replacement venue has been floated by Alejandro Irarragorri, president of Orlegi Deportes, one of the owners of Tampico Madero, who argued that the team's 85% average attendance rate, which leads the

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, justified a new stadium. The

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played the Estadio Tamaulipas four times, though only twice against other national teams, meeting the

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for a friendly on 2 February 1979 and the

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on 11 March 1992.

References

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Sports venues in Tamaulipas Tampico

History

See also

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