Estadio de Mazatlán


The Estadio de Mazatlán is a football stadium located in the city of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It was inaugurated in Summer 2020 and has a capacity of approximately 25,000 spectators. The stadium is the home of Mazatlán F.C., which began Liga MX play in the Apertura 2020 tournament.

History

In 2017, construction work began on a football stadium in the city of Mazatlán as part of a project to build and modernize various sports venues in the state of Sinaloa. Since that year, the goal was to get a football team to occupy the new stadium, because there was no club based in the city, in that same year the Pacific F.C. was founded, which belonged to the Faharo Group, owners of Murciélagos F.C., however, during its first tournaments of existence the team had as its temporary headquarters the city of Los Mochis. It would be until January 2019 when the Pacific arrived at Mazatlán, playing at the Estadio Teodoro Mariscal, a baseball stadium, this club would only play for a few months in the city.
In 2020, the construction work of the stadium was accelerated with the aim of having it ready before the start of the 2020–21 football season. Finally, on 2 June, the arrival of a new team for the venue was confirmed as Monarcas Morelia were moved from Michoacán and renamed Mazatlán Fútbol Club. The stadium was provisionally named Estadio de Mazatlán. On July 7, 2020, Mazatlán F.C. announced that the stadium will be called El Kraken internally and publicly, however, it officially continues to carry its original name.
On July 27, 2020, the first game was held at the stadium, with the meeting between Mazatlán and Pueblo corresponding to Week 1 of the Torneo Guardianes 2020. The match ended with a 1-4 victory in favor of Puebla, the first goal in the history of the venue was scored by Santiago Ormeño, who plays at Puebla.