The Plaza de toros Nuevo Progreso is a
bullring in the
Mexican
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city of
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalaj ...
. It is currently used for
bull fighting and also for hosting musical events, and
professional wrestling events. The bullring holds 16,561 people and was built in 1966 to 1967.
Architect
Jose Manuel Gomez Vazquez Aldana
Jose Manuel Gomez Vazquez Aldana (born 2 October 1937) is a Mexican architect with a long career and international recognition. Creator of residential projects and monumental works in the United States and Latin America is founder of the intern ...
made the executive project and drew up the plans for the new bullring, and this one was built by architects Leopoldo Torres Águila, Manuel Parga, and Gorki Guido Bayardo, and civil engineers Mario Quiñones, Alfonso Ortega Pérez, and Mario Fernández.
The main promoter and first owner of the plaza was Leodegario Hernández (
Arandas, Jalisco, 24 January 1920 - 22 January 1987), a show business promoter and entrepreneur.

The first name of this venue was Plaza Monumental, and was inaugurated on Saturday, 4 February 1967, when six bulls bred in the facilities of cattle breeder José Julián Llaguno, were fought by matadors
Joselito Huerta, Raúl Contreras "Finito", and
Manolo Martínez.
Leodegario Hernández went through a streak of bad business, and in 1971 he decided to sell the plaza to his competitor, Ignacio García-Aceves.
The bullring was remodeled in 1979 and since that year is called Nuevo Progreso.
Espectáculos Taurinos de México, Sociedad Anónima (ETMSA), a company led by Mexican billionaire
Alberto Baillères, is the current owner, since 1990.
References
Nuevo Progreso
Sports venues in Jalisco
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