The Estadio Carlos Iturralde is a multi-use stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in the Mexican

Mexico

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 city of Mérida, Yucatán

Mérida, Yucatán

Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...

. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

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 matches and is the home stadium of Merida F.C.. The stadium holds 21,050 people.

History

The stadium received the name Carlos Iturralde Rivero in honor of the only soccer Yucatecan soccer player to have played in the Selección de fútbol de México. The first goal scored in the history of the stadium was from the Yucatecan Alonso Diego Molina, a former player of the school Modelo.

There are plans to construct a new stadium in Ucú

UCU

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, a suburb of Mérida

Mérida, Yucatán

Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...

. The new stadium, which is scheduled to begin construction in January 2009 and planned for completion in 2011, will hold 28,500 people.