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The biggest stadium in Mexico, the "Azteca", which is in the capital city, is one of the international forums with the greatest capacity for public in the world. Many sport events, artistic spectacles and even religious events have taken place there ever since it was built.

The Azteca stadium, the biggest sport field in the country, is one of the most important architectural constructions of modern Mexico. It was designed by a prestigious Mexican architect, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, and it takes up a space of 60,000 m². More than 100,000 tons of concrete were used in order to complete the construction and it has a capacity of 100,000 spectators. The stadium is equipped with the newest technological advances, including two huge screens, both 16 m long.

Since its inauguration in 1966, "el Azteca" has been the cathedral of soccer in Mexico and the scene for various local tournaments; it harbored the soccer finals in the Olympic Games in 1968 and both the inauguration and closure of the world cups, in 1970 and 1986 respectively.

This spectacular arena has also witnessed American football matches, boxing matches and various political and religious events amongst which the Pope John Paul?s masses stand out. During these past years "el Azteca" has also been the scene for many world-class concerts, given by artists like Elton John, Michael Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Lenny Kravitz, Luis Miguel and U2.