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Former names | Estadio Telmex de Atletismo |
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Location | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico |
Coordinates | 20°43′38.5″N 103°22′53.5″W / 20.727361°N 103.381528°W |
Capacity | 16,500 (baseball)
[1] 8,500 (track and field) |
Surface | UBU Sports S5 - Manufactured by Turf Nation |
Construction | |
Opened | October 19, 2011 |
Construction cost | $28 million U.S. Dollars |
Tenants | |
Charros de Jalisco (
LMP,
LMB) (2014–present) Mariachis de Guadalajara ( LMB) (2021–2023) 2011 Pan American Games 2017 World Baseball Classic 2018 Caribbean Series 2019 WBSC Premier12 |
The Estadio Panamericano de Béisbol, formerly known as Estadio Telmex de Atletismo and popularly known as Estadio de Béisbol Charros de Jalisco, is a baseball and athletics stadium located in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. It was built for the 2011 Pan American Games at substantial cost. [2] [3] It opened in 2011 and received official certification from the International Association of Athletics Federations just days before the start of the Pan American Games. [4] It will have a permanent capacity of 8,000, but will be increased to 15,000 during the games. [3] It has an eight-lane tartan track as well as an adjoining warm-up track. [4]
During the 2011 Pan American Games, it hosted the athletics competition. After the games, it was used as a concert venue and to host sporting competitions including baseball. [5] On September 14, 2014, the Mexican Pacific League's Charros de Jalisco bought the stadium.[ citation needed] The stadium hosted Pool D of the first round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. [6]
The stadium WAS also used by the Mexican Baseball League team Mariachis de Guadalajara since 2021 until 2023. [7]