Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz

Football stadium in Zacatepec, Morelos

18°39′18″N 99°11′32″W / 18.6551°N 99.1921°W / 18.6551; -99.1921OwnerMunicipal Government of Zacatepec de Hidalgo, MorelosCapacity24,313^[1]Field size105 x 68 mSurfacegrassConstructionOpenedNovember 30, 1964 (1964-11-30)RenovatedMid 2014Expandedfrom 16,000Construction costMXN$500 MillionTenantsZacatepec (1964-2020)
Escorpiones Zacatepec (2023–)

Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz is a football stadium in Zacatepec de Hidalgo, Mexico, named in honour of the local player Agustín "Coruco" Díaz.^[2] It has a capacity of 16,000 seats^[3] and it was home to the team Cañeros de Zacatepec (Sugar cane growers) until 2020, when it was dissolved.

This stadium is one of the oldest in Mexico and its origins can be traced back to 1948. It is located in Zacatepec, Morelos. The official opening of this stadium was in November 1954. This stadium is nicknamed the Selva Cañera ("Sugar Cane Jungle") because of the tropical weather that distinguish the municipality of Zacatepec. There was a famous player and later coach named Ignacio Trelles, who ordered the watering of the field one hour before the football match, leading to a very strong vaporization and an increase of the temperature to near 40 Celsius (more or less 100 Fahrenheit), which was very hard for the visitor squads.^{[citation needed]} Another oddity of this building is that is it located in the center of the town of Zacatepec, beside the sugar cane refineries.

References

^ "Como llegar". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29.
^ "¿Quién fue Agustín 'Coruco' Díaz?". AS México (in Mexican Spanish). 7 May 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
^ www.fussballtempel.net