Mexico
Estadio Azul
Estadio Azul, literally Blue Stadium, formerly Estadio Azulgrana and Estadio de la Ciudad de los Deportes, is a 35 000 capacity stadium located in Mexico City. The facility is currently used for football matches and previously for American football matches. It is the home of CDSC Cruz Azul, one of the major football clubs in Mexico.
Both times when Mexico hosted the FIFA World Cup, Estadio Azul did not host any games mainly due to the age of the structure, the bad parking facilities and the complex traffic patterns.
A peculiarity of the stadium is that it is built as a pit, the playing field is below street level. Another oddity is that just beside the stadium is the Plaza México, the world's largest bullring. Because of this, when there is a football match and a bullfight on the same day, some spectators will attend a football match at noon followed by a bullfight in the afternoon.
