Estadio Akron
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football (soccer) stadium in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, home venue for CD Guadalajara
Key facts
- Former names
- Estadio Omnilife (2010–16), Estadio Chivas (2016–17)
- Location
- Zapopan , Jalisco, Mexico
- Elevation
- 1,670 meters
- Owner
- Amaury Vergara
- Capacity
- 49,813
- Surface
- Grass
- Public transit
- Estadio Chivas
- Groundbreaking
- February 2004
- Opened
- 30 July 2010
- Construction cost
- US$ 200 million , ($295 million in 2025 dollars )
- Architect
- Concept Design: , Jean Marie Massaud & Daniel Pouzet , Sports Architects: , Populous (formerly HOK Sport) , Architect of Record: , VFO architects
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football venue
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Zapopan
- Owned by
- Jorge Carlos Vergara
- Location
- Zapopan
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- akronestadio.mx
- Image
- Estadio Omnilife Chivas.jpg
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- Commons category
- Estadio Omnilife
- maximum capacity
- 50850
- occupant
- C.D. Guadalajara
- architect
- Populous
- date of official opening
- 2010-07-30
- surface played on
- lawn
- inception
- 2010-07-30
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Encyclopedic overview
Estadio Akron, formerly known as Estadio Omnilife and Estadio Chivas (Estadio Chivas, Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðjo ˈtʃiβas]), is a multipurpose stadium in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, that is used mostly for football matches. It is the home of Liga MX side Guadalajara. The stadium is named for Grupo Akron, a Mexican lubricant and fuel company.
The stadium hosted its first major international event with the first leg of the 2010 Finals of the Copa Libertadores, and hosted the 2011 Pan American Games opening and closing ceremonies. The stadium's artificial field caused great controversy, drawing criticism from many notable players, and in May 2012, it was announced that the stadium would replace the artificial turf with natural grass. The stadium will host some matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Estadio Akron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.