The Estadio Tecnológico was a multi-purpose stadium located in Monterrey , Nuevo León , Mexico , located on the campus of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM). It hosted football and American football games during its 67-year existence, from 1950 to 2017.
21-683: Starting 2017, the stadium was demolished. The venue was replaced by the Estadio Borregos , completed in April 2019. The new stadium can seat 10,000 people and was designed for American Football and football games. Construction of a new stadium to house the Borregos Salvajes American football team began in August 1949. A society raised half a million pesos in 17 days in order to break ground, with Constructora Maiz Mier as
42-824: A fully equipped gymnasium a physiotherapy room and an athlete lounge. The stadium hosted Dua Lipa 's Future Nostalgia Tour in September 2022 and Muse 's Will of the People World Tour in January 2023 1985%E2%80%9386 Mexican Primera Divisi%C3%B3n season#Mexico-1986 The 1985–86 Mexican Primera División season was the 44th edition of the Mexican Primera Division, the top division of Mexican football . The tournament started on 12 July 1985 and ended on 1 March 1986. The tournament began on 12 July 1985 and ended on 6 October 1985. It
63-645: A quarterfinal and a semifinal. Three matches of the 1986 FIFA World Cup were played at the Estadio Tecnológico, pitting the England national team against Portugal , Morocco and Poland . The Estadio Tecnológico was initially built to house the university's American football team, which played in the Estadio Tecnológico through the 2016 season. During that time, the Borregos Salvajes won 22 national titles. On several occasions, they won
84-712: A visit by Bon Jovi in February 1990 for two shows on the New Jersey Syndicate Tour . On February 12, 2006, the Irish rock band U2 opened the 4th leg of its Vertigo Tour at the Estadio Tecnológico, to a crowd of 42,000. In 2010, the Black Eyed Peas played the Estadio Tecnológico in what turned out to be the final concert in the stadium. Estadio Borregos Estadio Borregos , also referred to as Estadio Banorte for sponsorship reasons,
105-557: Is a multi-purpose stadium in Monterrey , Mexico . It is the home stadium for the college football team Borregos Salvajes Monterrey of the ONEFA and the professional American football team Fundidores de Monterrey from the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional . The stadium was inaugurated in April 2019 and seats 10,057 spectators. In March 2021, Mexican bank Banorte was announced as
126-641: Is to make way for an urban redevelopment project known as Distrito Tec, which will include new academic buildings for the ITESM, a new sporting complex known as the Centro Deportivo Borrego, and a new American football stadium for the Borregos Salvajes. Demolition, however, was postponed to 2017. In an event in March, the Borregos flag that had flown over the stadium was lowered to be raised again at
147-789: The Fútbol Americano de México league during 2022 on the team's only season, since the league dissolved in September 2022. The stadium is part of the Centro Deportivo Borregos, a sports complex within the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education campus, that also includes: a smaller stadium with capacity of 2,000 spectators, a track and field stadium, a multi-use field, two grass fields, two fast football fields, one flag football field and one turf football field. Estadio Borregos has six dressing rooms for players and two for referees,
168-476: The Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional in its 2017 season. The club's final game of the regular season, played on April 9, 2017, was the final American football match at the venue. Additionally, track and field events were held in the stadium, such as the Galatlética 2005, which featured Ana Gabriela Guevara and Tonique Williams . Several concerts also stopped by the Estadio Tecnológico, beginning with
189-547: The Estadio Tecnológico being the second-oldest venue in Liga MX at the time behind Estadio Azul in Mexico City and manager Miguel Herrera declaring it "obsolete", C.F. Monterrey began exploring plans for a new stadium. Administration at FEMSA , which owned the club, said that although they had presented plans to Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) administration to add 8,000 seats by lowering
210-544: The Estadio Tecnológico was played on May 9, 2015, a 2–2 tie against Pumas . The club began playing at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer in time for the Apertura 2015 tournament. International soccer came to the Estadio Tecnológico on several occasions. The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship marked the first FIFA event at the Estadio Tecnológico. The venue hosted five games, including three group stage fixtures,
231-608: The Estadio Tecnológico, including the first Clásico Regio derby held in the stadium; it would be the first of 42 meetings between the two clubs venue, with the final fixture being a 2–2 draw in October 2014. Monterrey won league titles in 1986 (Mexico 1986) and Apertura 2010 in the venue, as well as the Copa MX in 1991 and the CONCACAF Champions League in 2012–13. The final Monterrey soccer fixture in
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#1732797670387252-665: The Estadio Tecnólogico upon its revival as a Second Division squad in 1952—the first Rayados match saw them lose 3–1 to Veracruz —and remained there until 2015, except for a period between January 1973 and September 1980 when they played at the Estadio Universitario , home to rival club Tigres UANL . In 1977–78 , with preparations for the 1977 CONCACAF Championship underway at the Estadio Universitario, both Tigres and Rayados played at
273-474: The dedication of the new Estadio Tecnológico, planned for September 6, 2018 to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the ITESM. As part of the project, an artificial turf field will be laid down for a temporary venue in which the Borregos Salvajes will play the 2017 college football season. On April 29, 2017, the Estadio Tecnológico opened to the public once more for a farewell ceremony attended by more than 12,000. Two women's soccer matches on June 10, one between
294-502: The field and eliminating the athletics track, these had not been approved, and so they began planning for a new stadium at a site known as La Pastora. Additionally, the proposed expansion would have aggravated the already troublesome parking situation in the neighborhood and could have affected the view from the stadium's suites. In February 2014, it was announced that the stadium would be demolished after its largest tenant, C.F. Monterrey, moved to Estadio BBVA Bancomer in 2015. The stadium
315-432: The general contractor. The stadium was formally opened on July 17, 1950 by Mexican President Miguel Alemán Valdés . Originally, it seated 20,000 spectators. In 1965, a new upper deck was added on the west side to bring the stadium's capacity to 33,600; this expansion was celebrated with a match between C.F. Monterrey and FK Vojvodina , champions of Yugoslavia, which the locals won 2–1. The north end zone's "horseshoe"
336-467: The national teams of Mexico and Venezuela and a friendly between the women's teams of Tigres and Monterrey, were the final events held in the stadium before demolition began on the 29th. From 1952 to 1973 and again from 1980 to 2015, the Estadio Tecnológico was home to one of Monterrey's most important soccer clubs, Club de Fútbol Monterrey (known as the Rayados). The club began playing its home matches at
357-643: The stadiums's main sponsor. Following the demolition of the Estadio Tecnológico in 2017, after their main tenants, C.F. Monterrey moved to the Estadio BBVA , the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), owner and operator of the stadium, decided to build a new stadium with smaller capacity to host their sports teams, mainly the American football and association football squads. The stadium broke ground in 2017 and
378-558: The title in the Estadio Tecnológico, with the first such championship coming in 1993. The final Borregos Salvajes game in the stadium took place on November 4, 2016, when the Borregos beat the team representing the ITESM Campus México 28–0. Estadio Tecnológico hosted the 2016 World University American Football Championship . The stadium also hosted the Fundidores de Monterrey professional American football team of
399-466: Was added in 1986 to bring the stadium's capacity to 38,000 seats for its use in the 1986 Mexico FIFA World Cup . In the early 1990s, luxury boxes were added which reduced the capacity to its current figure. In 1991, the first tartan athletics track in Mexico was installed in the Estadio Tecnológico. The original blue track was replaced with a more traditional red color in 2002. By the mid-2000s, with
420-440: Was contested by 20 teams, divided into 4 groups of five teams in a round-robin system . América won the championship, beating Tampico Madero on aggregate for their sixth title and their third back-to-back title. Irapuato was promoted from Segunda División, and Zacatepec was relegated. The tournament started on 11 October 1985 and ended on 1 March 1986. It was contested by 20 teams divided into two teams of 10 in
441-627: Was inaugurated on 30 April 2019 with an event that involved the student community of the ITESM. On 3 May 2019, Borregos Salvajes played their first American football game against the UBC Thunderbirds , winning 24–17. Fundidores de Monterrey moved to the stadium for the LFA 2020 season from the Estadio Nuevo León Unido, which could only accommodate 1,500 people. The stadium also hosted Parrilleros de Monterrey of
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