Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba

Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba
Coloso de Tres Cruces
Interior of the stadium
Full name Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba
Location Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
Coordinates 22°46′0.44″N 102°32′57.40″W / 22.7667889°N 102.5492778°W / 22.7667889; -102.5492778Coordinates: 22°46′0.44″N 102°32′57.40″W / 22.7667889°N 102.5492778°W / 22.7667889; -102.5492778
Capacity 13,820[1]
Surface Grass
Scoreboard Manual
Construction
Opened 1986
Renovated 2014
Tenants

Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba, formerly known as the Estadio Francisco Villa is a multi-use stadium in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for the new Ascenso MX side Mineros de Zacatecas. The stadium has a capacity of 13,820 people.

History

The stadium was opened in 1986 with a game between the Leones Negros UdeG and the South Korea National Team. Leones win 1-0, the next day, Zacatecas State team defeated another time the Asians.

This stadium was originally part of a project to give Zacatecas city a multi-purpose stadium, also a Sports Complex and other venues.

In late 2017, the stadium was renamed in honor of football coach Carlos Vega Villalba.[2]

Sports

Athletics

Francisco Villa is used for Zacatecas regional track and field events and practices.

Football

A friendly match between Santos and America in 2011

Villa was home for several football teams, the highest level to be played in the Villa Stadium is the Liga de Ascenso, where the Real Sociedad de Zacatecas franchise played nine seasons from 1997 to 2003, reaching the final once in 1997, and Mineros de Zacatecas currently plays in the second level since 2014, having played the semifinals twice. Other leagues were the Zacatecan teams played were the Segunda Division, currently with the UAZ team and the Mineros' "farm" team in that division. Segunda B, Tercera Division and amateur leagues in the Zacatecas area. Villa hosted some friendly matches between Primera Division Teams.

  • 2007: Necaxa 0-0 Saprissa (Costa Rica)
  • 2011: Santos 1-2 Jaguares
  • 2011: Santos 2-1 America
  • 2013: Monterrey 0-1 Jaguares

In 1996. The Zacatecas stadium hosted a regular season game between Santos and Guadalajara (1-1).

Concerts

Miguel Bosé. Alejandro Sanz. Vicente Fernández. Kumbia Kings, Joan Sebastian and Pepe Aguilar are some of the artists who had performed at the Villa.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lacopamx.net/cancha/estadio/83
  2. ↑ ""Carlos Vega Villalba", nuevo nombre del estadio de futbol". NTR Zacatecas (in Spanish). September 13, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.