The Estadio Tecnológico is a stadium

Stadium

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 located in city of Monterrey

Monterrey

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, Mexico

Mexico

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.

It is the property of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

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. The Monterrey Football Club play their home games there, but only rent the space and are not affiliated with the Institute.

The stadium was opened on July 17, 1950 by Mexican president Miguel Alemán Valdés

Miguel Alemán Valdés

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. Originally, it seated 20,000 spectators, but in 1985 it was expanded to 38,000 seats. In the early 90's executive boxes were added which reduced the capacity to its current figure.

The Estadio Tecnológico was a venue for the 1986 Mexico FIFA World Cup, the highest competition in worldwide professional soccer.

On February 12, 2006, the Irish

Ireland

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 rock band

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 U2

U2

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 opened the 4th leg of its Vertigo Tour

Vertigo Tour

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at the Estadio Tecnológico, to a crowd of 42,000.