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This is what the Azteca Stadium looks like to get it ready for the 2026 World Cup

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By Edgardo Avelar

26 Oct 2024, 16:52 PM EDT

When it seemed that the remodeling works of the Aztec Stadium to be ready for the 2026 World Cup, as required by the International Association of Football Federation (FIFA) charge sheet, these have started very quickly and are expected to be completed. comply with the agreed times.

For now 150 days have been counted since the so-called Colossus of Santa Úrsula, located south of CDMX closed its doors to all activities to begin these works, so the FIFA authorities themselves decided to make known the status of these works.

Through the official account of Mexico City As the headquarters of the 26th FIFA World Cup on the

The works

Until this information was released, tode reference on the status of the remodeling of said property It was based on leaks of unofficial information, but now it was decided to make known the true level of the works.

For now it was possible to observe that the entirety of the famous Azteca Stadium grass It has been completely removed and the field land is occupied by the machinery that is remodeling the box area and all the stands that will be removed by new generation ones for the comfort of the fans.

Even the area where the luxurious boxes were located was demolished to make way for the space required by FIFA in the stands area, since it will be remembered that within the modifications made by the administrators of this stage, the capacity to create VIP areas had been cut.

But now they have completely disappeared and several technological innovations that this property required are expected, as well as the drainage areas for all the rainfall in the rainy season and which already represented a lot of discomfort for the fans of the gayola area, as the highest part of the mountain was called. the stands.

Mexico City, December 2, 2023. Panoramic of the stadium, during the second leg match of the Quarterfinals of the Apertura 2023 tournament of the Liga BBVA MX, between the Águilas del América and the Esmeraldas del León, held at the Azteca stadium . Photo: Imago7/ Sebastián Laureano Miranda
At the Azteca Stadium, work is being done at full speed to change its image and leave it almost like new for the 2026 World Cup.
Credit: Sebastián Laureano Miranda | Imago7

A special press area will even be built to serve all international journalism with the greatest advances in communication, as is now the requirement of the FIFA authorities for these events of international magnitude.

Work is also already underway on the exterior of the property, as could be seen in the video that was published on social networks and where construction workers are hard at work trying to get everything ready for the world’s largest soccer tournament.

The organizing committee

The truth is that there are still countless works left.such as the remodeling of bathrooms, access, road work, since in the middle of the week that has just concluded, the Organizing Committee of the Azteca Stadium headquarters in CDMX was announced, in an event headed by the head of government Clara Brugada

From the heart of the Historic Center, which houses our roots and vestiges of the pre-Hispanic ball game, we installed the Committee that will organize the 2026 Soccer World Cup.
We will receive this great event, highlighting our traditions.

Welcome 2026 World Cup!… pic.twitter.com/eVBoWyaUmJ

— Clara Brugada Molina (@ClaraBrugadaM) October 24, 2024

This committee was formed as follows: Félix Aguirre, director of the Azteca Stadium; Íñigo Riestra, General Secretary of the Mexican Football Federation (FMM), the Director of FIFA Mexico City, Jurgen Mainka, as well as the president of the Mexico City Hotel Association, Javier Puente García and Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, Secretary of Federal Tourism.

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