Estadio Xalapeño
The Stadium at
The place was identified in the 1920s by
The site had been a mosquito-infested marshland known as the "Ciénega de Melgarejo" that was drained and filled under the direction of the Chamber of Commerce, with manpower provided by the
Stadium Jalapeño (1922)
The Stadium Jalapeño was inaugurated with athletic games on May 5–7, 1922.
On Sunday May 7, 1922, as part of the weekend festivities, the famous pilot Frank Hawks landed within the Stadium grounds.
Estadio Xalapeño (1925)
A few years later, the monumental stadium was built under the architectural and engineering direction of Modesto C. Rolland (Baja California Sur, 1881). It was inaugurated on September 20, 1925.[2]
It was given the name of the revolutionary general Heriberto Jara Corona, governor of the state of Veracruz at the time.
External links
- El Libro Azul del Estado de Veracruz. México, el País del Porvenir (bilingual, Spanish and English). México, Compañía Editorial Pan-Americana, S. A., 1923. Facsimile edition of the Editora del Gobierno, 2007; reprinted in 2008.