Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés

Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
Full name Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
Location Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Coordinates 20°32′6″N 100°49′6″W / 20.53500°N 100.81833°W / 20.53500; -100.81833Coordinates: 20°32′6″N 100°49′6″W / 20.53500°N 100.81833°W / 20.53500; -100.81833
Owner City of Celaya
Operator Celaya F.C.
Capacity 23,182[1]
Surface Grass
Construction
Opened 1954
Renovated 2016
Tenants
Celaya F.C.

The Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés is a multi-use stadium in Celaya, Guanajuato. Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Celaya. The stadium holds 23,369 people and opened in 1954.

It is named for Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of the Republic from 1946 to 1952.

On June 2, 2016, it was announced that the stadium was renamed in honour of former Real Madrid player Emilio Butragueño, who played the last three years of his career for Celaya F.C., it was later denied by Ramón Lemus Muñoz, the Municipal president of Celaya.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldstadiums.com/north_america/countries/mexico/central_mexico.shtml
  2. ↑ http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2016/06/02/internacional/1464899503_589880.html
  3. ↑ http://mexico.as.com/mexico/2016/06/16/futbol/1466030524_096183.html


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