Nemesio Díez Stadium
| "La Bombonera" | |
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| Location | Toluca, Mexico |
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| Owner | Toluca |
| Operator | Toluca |
| Capacity | 31,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1953 |
| Opened | August 18, 1954 |
| Renovated | 2015-2017 |
| Tenants | |
| Toluca (1954-Present) | |
The Estadio Nemesio Díez, (formerly Estadio Luis Dosal) nicknamed La Bombonera, is one of the oldest football stadiums in Mexico. Opened on August 18, 1954, with a capacity of 18,651 seats, it is located in the city of Toluca, Mexico, near Mexico City. It is the home of Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club. Because of its location this stadium has hosted two World Cups (1970 and 1986). One former nuance about this stadium is that it did not have a lighting system, which forced the local team as a tradition to play with sunlight. However, this has changed with Toluca's entry into the Copa Sudamericana because CONMEBOL requires all participating teams to have a lighting system available in their stadiums.
With an investment of 800 million pesos, the announcement to remodel The Nemesio Diez stadium by 2017 was made, when Club Deportivo Toluca celebrates its centenary and does so with a remodeled and more functional stadium.
Within the Nemesio Diez, four macro support columns that will sustain the stadium structure will be built to replace the current columns obstructing visibility. In the shadow stands, a second level will be built so the capacity, which currently stands at 22,000 will increase to 31,000.
The project also includes four giant screens at each end of the building, replacement of all seats and a sunroof in the preferred (shaded) section, to assist in the process of maintaining the natural grass in the field.
The remodeled stadium officially opened on January 15, 2017 with a league match against Club America. The first goal was scored by Gabriel Hauche for toluca with a screamer outside of the box. Toluca FC won that match 2-1.
The stadium will be completed in the summer 2017 where it has been confirmed that the club will play against Atletico Madrid for the official inauguration of the remodeled stadium.
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