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The Tijuana National Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Nacional de Tijuana), also known as Stadium of the Bulls of Tijuana (Estadio de los Toros de Tijuana), is a baseball stadium located in
Tijuana, Baja California, in Mexico with a capacity of 17,000, all seated. It was built in 1976 with a capacity of 14,000 and named Cerro Colorado Stadium (Estadio Cerro Colorado), after a supermarket chain based in Baja California
. It was expanded in 2006 to its current capacity of 17,000. It is currently known as Chevron Stadium Tijuana (Estadio Chevron) for commercial reasons, and was formerly known as Calimax Baseball Stadium (Estadio de Beisbol Calimax) and Gasmart Stadium (Estadio Gasmart).
The stadium was inaugurated on October 12, 1977 with a game between the Potros de Tijuana and the Águilas de Mexicali of the Mexican Pacific League. In 2004, professional baseball returned, now with a
Liga Norte de México
(League of Northern Mexico). This iteration of the Toros de Tijuana would join the Mexican Baseball Leagues in 2014.
Tijuana National Stadium has also been the site of several
México Second Division
(second division) and
.
References
- ^ Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. "Quién es quién 2022" (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ GBL South of the Border! Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine GBL website, December 15, 2008
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