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General Information

Completion: 1971
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Stadium / Arena

Location

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Coordinates: 20° 41' 37" N    103° 24' 58" W
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Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Estadio 3 de Marzo, is situated in Zapopan, Jalisco, México, district that forms part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area; it is the ground of Tecos; which plays in the Tercera Division de Mexico. It has a capacity of 18,779 and was constructed inside the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara.

Construction

Due to the need of money this having a place to accommodate the football team of the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara that was then on the third tier of Mexican football; construction on the stadium began in 1971.

The steel stands were prefabricated and had a capacity of around 3,000 people. In virtue of UAG ascending to the second level of Mexican football in the year 1973 and according to a ruling from the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. New concrete stands were constructed on the sides of the pitch. This brought the stadium capacity to 15,000 people, the minimum forum for a second division stadium.

In 1975, after the Tecos de la UAG ascended to the Primera División de Mexico, the stands were once again remodeled in order to meet the minimum demands of the division which was 25,000 people.

The stadium once again went through renovation in order to accommodate the 1986 World Cup which brought the capacity to 30,015 people after new standing room areas were created.

In 1999, Estadio Tres de Marzo underwent ist last major renovation which included improvements such as a new pitch and drainage system. The stadium earns ist name for the founding date of the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, On March 3, 1935.

Later, in 2009, Estadio Tres de Marzo was remodeled to fit the new modern look of Estudiantes Tecos and changed the stands' colors from being yellow and red, to wine red, while also drawing out the team's logo in the middle of both the east and west sides of the main stands.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Estadio Tres de Marzo" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

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  • Structure-ID
    20038177
  • Published on:
    23/07/2008
  • Last updated on:
    30/07/2014
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