Talk:Estadio Azteca

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[edit] Estadio Azteca is the largest soccer stadium in the world

This article was recently edited to say that the Azteca is the largest stadium in the world, after which at first I thought it meant in terms of capacity (since the capacity of the Maracanã has been reduced), but according to this encyclopedia the Largest stadium in capacity is the Rungnado May Day Stadium (see Stadiums by capacity) . Then I checked on actual building size terms, and according to http://www.suderj.rj.gov.br/maracana/main.asp, the Maracana has a building area of 118.458,88 m², much larger than the area of the Azteca, 61,242 m², according to this source (for lack of a better one). I believe both figures refer to building area only, not counting the playing field or site features (parking, etc.).

Due to the above, I reverted to the previous source until referenced otherwise.

I do find, however, very interesting to find and add this kind of information to the articles on stadiums, either within the article or as infobox data.--ChaChaFut 23:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Nowadays, the Aztec stadium is the largest soccer stadium in terms of capacity in the world. There are, however, other different purpose stadiums in the world with a much larger capacity than the aztec stadium (see http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/stadium_list/100000.shtml).

Thanks for the clarification. --ChaChaFut 04:05, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Size disagreement

The pages for Club America and Atlante have a different (higher, 126,260) capacity for Azteca than the Azteca page does (114,600).

So, which is it? Bwysock 18:46, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stadium Naming

I do not have the information at this moment, and have not verified it, but I think it is actually true: The Estadio Azteca never had that name as the official one! It was named something like Estadio de la Federacion Mexicana de Futbol (Mexican Football Federation Stadium) when it was built, but after a famous TV host referred to it as the "Estadio Azteca" as some kind of joke, the nickname stood long enough to get called like that (much like how the "Tepito" neighborhood got its name). -- danixdefcon5 04:02, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

"Estadio Azteca" is the name the stadium is overwhelmingly known by, so even if the above happens to be true it would only warrant a mention in the article. Interesting trivia, though. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ 09:21, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Rune.welsh, however if you feel inclined you might do some research on the topic; I'm quite certain you could find mentions to this name in online newspapers during the period where the whole "Guillermo Cañedo" fiasco happened, as it was pretty controversial and there was a lot of talk about the stadium's naming and origins. The "Naming" section of the article contains links to newspaper articles and you might use them as a starting point to research this. Roadmr 14:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC)