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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

Pele lifted the World Cup here in 1970; Maradona followed in 1986, four days after scoring both the Hand of God and the Goal of the Century on the same afternoon in this bowl. The stadium the world knows as the Estadio Azteca - renamed Estadio Banorte in March 2025 under a naming-rights deal with the Mexican bank - stands on Calzada de Tlalpan in the Santa Ursula district of southern Mexico City, 2,200 metres above sea level. Architects Pedro Ramirez Vazquez and Rafael Mijares Alcerreca designe...