Estadio Azteca

==Name==

[[File:Estadio Azteca 07b.jpg|thumb|left|Estadio Azteca prior to a kickoff]]
The name "Azteca" is a tribute to the [[Aztec]] heritage of Mexico City. The stadium is currently owned by Mexican multimedia conglomerate [[Televisa]]. In January 1997, Televisa officially changed the stadium's name to '''Estadio Guillermo Cañedo''', in tribute to [[Guillermo Cañedo de la Bárcena]], a top network executive, former [[Mexican Football Federation]] president, and a prominent member of the [[FIFA]] executive committee who had died earlier that month.<ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA Senior Vice President Guillermo Cañedo has died|url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=70175/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103214946/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=70175/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2014|publisher=FIFA.com|date=21 January 1997|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> After the change proved to be unpopular with the public,<ref>{{cite web|title=50 curiosidades y datos del Estadio Azteca |url=https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/2689312/50-curiosidades-y-datos-del-estadio-azteca |website=ESPN Deportes |language=Spanish |access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> Televisa returned to referring to it solely as Estadio Azteca.

The stadium is also referred to by the nickname ''"Coloso de Santa Úrsula"'' ("Colossus of Santa Ursula"), due to its large structure and [[Santa Úrsula, Mexico City|Santa Úrsula]] referring to the suburb where the stadium is located.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rai|first=Asha|date=14 March 2014|title=Estadio Azteca: Seasons in the Sun|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-notes/entry/estadio-azteca-seasons-in-the-sun|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=17 March 2014}}</ref>