Corregidora Stadium, Football stadium in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico.
Corregidora Stadium is a football venue in Santiago de Querétaro with a grass playing surface and seating for around 35,000 spectators. The facility features multiple entry and exit points along with parking areas to serve visiting fans.
Querétaro governor Rafael Camacho Guzmán pushed for the stadium so the city could host 1986 World Cup matches; construction ran from 17 March 1983 to 31 December 1984 on a design by Luis Alfonso Fernández Siurob. President Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated it on 5 February 1985 with Mexico beating Poland 5-0, Tomás Boy scoring the first goal. It hosted 1986 World Cup games and the 2011 U-17 World Cup.
The stadium is named after Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, a woman who played a key role in Mexico's independence movement. The name honors this significant local figure from Querétaro every time fans enter the grounds.
The stadium sits in the city of Querétaro, and its three stacked tiers — lower, middle boxes and upper — mean the higher rows are reached by more stairs. After the 2022 riot, Liga MX imposed a one-year veto on the venue, so check which competition and which club are hosting before travelling. Access roads and parking fill on matchdays.
The stadium's name came from a public contest won by five people, among them J. Jesús Ramírez Orta and José Ignacio Martínez López, who received recognition for the choice. It honours Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, wife of Querétaro's corregidor Miguel Domínguez. The west side long housed the offices and studios of local channel TV-Q.
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