Estadio Azteca Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! Switch editorYou have switched to source editingCloseYou can switch back to visual editing at any time by clicking on this icon.Visual editingSource editingMorePreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==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> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page