Ciudad de los Deportes

Ciudad de los Deportes
Neighborhood of Mexico City
Plaza México (left) and Estadio Azul (right)

Location of Ciudad de los Deportes (in red) within Benito Juárez borough
Country  Mexico
City  Mexico City
Borough Benito Juárez
Area
 • Total 0.421 km2 (0.163 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 4,100[1]
Postal code 03710

Ciudad de los Deportes (literally: sports city) is a neighborhood in Benito Juárez, Mexico City.

The neighborhood was initially planned to have several sports facilities including tennis courts, swimming pools, football fields and gymnasiums (hence the name) as well as a residential and commercial zone. Nevertheless, only two of the planned facilities were built: a bullring, the Plaza México and the Estadio Azul.

Location

Ciudad de los Deportes is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.

The neighborhood is bordered by:[2][3]

Description

Ciudad de los Deportes has two of the most important sports facilities in Mexico City: Plaza de Toros México, the world largest bullring, and Estadio Azul home to the football club Cruz Azul. The latter, though, is set to be demolished in July 2018; a shopping center is planned to be built at the place.[4]

The neighborhood is mainly residential, but it also has some restaurants, cafés and shops, including a large department store.

Similarly to adjacent Colonia Noche Buena and Colonia Nápoles, Ciudad de los Deportes' street nomenclature on the east side of the neighborhood corresponds to cities and states of the United States, such as Indiana, Atlanta and Carolina. On the west side, the nomenclature corresponds to painters, such as Tiepolo and Tintoretto.

History

Ciudad de los Deportes' development started in the 1940s, projected as an area with several sports facilities and a residential and commercial zone in the lands of the former San Carlos ranch and La Guadalupana brickworks.[5] The project, led by Neguib Simón Jalife, broke ground in 1944.

Nevertheless, due to economic problems, only the two major buildings were completed: the Plaza México and Estadio Azul, both inaugurated in 1946.[5]

Transportation

Public transportation

The area is served by the Mexico City Metrobús and EcoBici bikeshare. While it is not located in the neighborhood, San Antonio metro station is within walking distance.

Metrobus stations

  • Ciudad de los Deportes
  • Colonia del Valle

References

  1. ↑ "Marco Geográfico Electoral 2014-2015". IEDF. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nuestra Demarcación" (Our borders), Delegación Benito Juárez website, archive of 2013-08-12
  3. ↑ Mapa de colonias de la Delegación Benito Juárez (Map of colonias of the Benito Juárez borough
  4. ↑ "Adiós al Estadio Azul: será demolido en julio". Forbes (in Spanish). February 16, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Historia de la Plaza México" (History of Plaza México)

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