{"id":12489,"date":"2012-12-31T10:24:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T10:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/?p=12489"},"modified":"2017-04-04T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T13:12:33","slug":"universitario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/universitario\/","title":{"rendered":"Estadio Universitario"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Tigres de la UANL | Opening: 1967 | Capacity: 42,000 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Estadio Universitario, nicknamed El Volc\u00e1n, was built to serve as the principal sports venue for the UANL university. It officially opened on 30 May 1967 with a match between Monterrey and Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid.<\/p>\n

Over the years, the stadium received several smaller refurbishments, of which one in preparation of the 1986 World Cup.<\/p>\n

During the World Cup, Estadio Universitario hosted three first round group matches, a round of 16 match, and the quarter-final between West Germany and Mexico (0-0).<\/p>\n

Estadio Universitario is said to be the place where the ‘Mexican Wave’ originated. This happened in September 1984 during a match between the Mexican and Argentine national teams.<\/p>\n

In recent years, plans have been developed\u00a0for the construction of a new stadium for Tigres, but these seem to have been abandoned in favour of plans to expand\u00a0the existing Estadio Universitario with at least 15,000 places.<\/p>\n

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