SPORTS OF MEXICO CITY
Soccer is Mexico's most televised sport and most popular. Several first division teams, including América, Cruz Azul and U.N.A.M., are based in Mexico City and play in the La Primera Division.
The Aztec Stadium has capacity to seat 105,000 fans. Mexico City also has an Olympic Stadium in Ciudad Universitaria, which is home of the U.N.A.M. football club.
Cruz Azul plays in the Estadio Azul, which is located in Colonia Nochebuena, a few blocks from the WTC. América, Cruz Azul and U.N.A.M. are part of the Big Four of Mexico which are the four most popular sports clubs, Guadlajara being the rivals of América are the most popular, following are América, Cruz Azul and U.N.A.M. in that order.
The country hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1970 and 1986 and the Aztec Stadium is the only stadium in World Cup history to host the final match twice.
Mexico City also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1968, winning bids against Buenos Aires, Lyon and Detroit, and being the only Latin American city to host such an event.
Mexico City hosted the 1955 Pan American Games and then the 1975 Pan American Games after Santiago and São Paulo withdrew.
Baseball is also another popular sport with a growing fan base. Mexico City is home to the México Red Devils of the MBL, with the team playing their home games at the Foro Sol Park. Also in Mexico City are located around 10 little leagues for young baseball players.
Adjacent to Foro Sol is Mexico City's Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. From 1962 to 1970 and again from 1986 to 1992, the track hosted the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix. From 1980-1981 and again from 2002 to 2007, it hosted the Champ Car World Series Gran Premio de México.
Since 2005, the NASCAR Nationwide Series has run the Telcel-Motorola México 200. 2005 also marked the first running of the Mexico City 250 by the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
In 2005, Mexico City became the first city to host a NFL regular season game outside of the United States, and has also hosted several NBA pre-season exhibition games along with exhibition matches among MLB teams at the Foro Sol.
Other sports facilities in Mexico City are the Palacio de los Deportes indoor arena, Francisco Márquez Olympic Swimming Pool, the Hipódromo de Las Américas, and venues for horse-races, ice hockey, American football, and basketball.
Bullfighting takes place every Sunday during bullfighting season at the 50,000-seat Plaza de Toros, the largest bullring in the world.
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