Parque El Mirador
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Parque El Mirador is a football stadium
in Puebla
, Puebla
, Mexico
(110 kilometres east of Mexico City
).
The stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000 seats, was the home of Puebla F.C., one of the oldest and most important football teams in Mexico. “El Mirador” was constructed under the club's owner Roberto Cortazar in 1944 and was inaugurated in a friendly match against Atlante
. This stadium was the home for Puebla F.C. from 1944 to 1957 when the club folded due to economic problems. That same year the stadium caught on fire and due to the wooden structure half of it burned down and was shut down for good.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Puebla
Puebla, Puebla
The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...
, Puebla
Puebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
(110 kilometres east of Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
).
The stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000 seats, was the home of Puebla F.C., one of the oldest and most important football teams in Mexico. “El Mirador” was constructed under the club's owner Roberto Cortazar in 1944 and was inaugurated in a friendly match against Atlante
Atlante F.C.
Club de Fútbol Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club, currently playing in the Mexican First Division League. The club is based in Cancún, Mexico as of the start of the 2007-08 season, when they relocated from Mexico City, and plays its home games in Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo.-Domestic...
. This stadium was the home for Puebla F.C. from 1944 to 1957 when the club folded due to economic problems. That same year the stadium caught on fire and due to the wooden structure half of it burned down and was shut down for good.