Alongside Wembley Stadium and Brazil’s Maracaná, Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca is one of football’s great cathedrals.
Home to Club América, El Coloso de Santa Úrsula (The Colossus of Santa Úrsula) has more than 100,000 seats and has hosted two of the greatest players of all time, lifting World Cup trophies. Pelé won the World Cup with Brazil here in 1970, and Diego Maradona did so with Argentina in 1986.
The Azteca has furthered its historic place within the sport by becoming a World Cup venue for the third time.
Fun fact: Mexico City is the most populated city in the Western Hemisphere, and it boasts a world-record 180 museums.
