TheEstadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roois a 18,844 seat stadium inCancún,Quintana Roo,Mexico.It is the home field ofExpansión MX’sCancún F.C.,and was formerly the home field ofAscenso MX'sAtlante F.C.The stadium was inaugurated on August 11, 2007, in a game againstUniversidad Nacional.Atlante F.C. won in this stadium their 3rd league title inApertura 2007againstUniversidad Nacional.TheHouston Dynamobecame the first Major League Soccer team to play in the stadium on March 3, 2009, when the club were defeated by Atlante in the second leg of theCONCACAF Champions Leaguequarterfinals.
Full name | Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo |
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Location | Cancún,Quintana Roo,México |
Coordinates | 21°09′04″N86°50′18″W/ 21.150995°N 86.838348°W |
Owner | Quintana Roo State Government |
Capacity | 18,844[2] |
Surface | Grass |
Opened | 2007[1] |
Tenants | |
Atlante(Ascenso MX) (2007-2020) Pioneros de Cancún(Segunda División de México) (2014-15, 2015–present) Cancún F.C.(Expansión MX) (2020–present) Tiburones de Cancún(FAM) (2022) |
The stadium was set to host theTiburones de Cancúnof theFútbol Americano de Méxicoleague for their 2022 season, though the team only played their home opener at the stadium before they were forced to find another venue.[3]
References
edit- ^"Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo".soccerway.Retrieved18 August2017.
- ^"Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo"(in Spanish). Liga BBVA. Archived fromthe originalon 20 January 2021.Retrieved11 April2021.
- ^Marín, Francis (10 June 2022)."Tiburones Buscará Devorar a los Bulldogs que no Conocen la Victoria".Diario Cambio22(in Spanish).Retrieved26 February2023.