Estadio Azteca is the only stadium in history to host three FIFA World Cup™ tournaments. The 1970 and 1986 finals were played here. On June 11, 2026, Mexico face Argentina in the opening match — and the building is finally, properly, ready.
A 28-month renovation has reduced capacity to 87,523 (down from a peak of 110,000) but added 7,000 padded seats, four new corporate-box decks, two new locker rooms that comply with FIFA's 2026 standards, and a fully restored Lazaro Cárdenas mosaic above the players' tunnel.
The famous slope of the lower bowl remains. So does the altitude — 2,200 meters above sea level — which Tata Martino's coaching staff has been quietly seeding into pre-match conditioning since January.
