Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú

Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú (English: Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium) is the home baseball stadium of the Red Devils of Mexico (Diablos Rojos del México) in Mexico City, inaugurated on March 23, 2019. With a capacity of 20,576 seats, it became the first stadium built in the city in the last 50 years.

Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú
Diamante de Fuego
AddressAv. Viaducto Río de la Piedad, Granjas México, Iztacalco, Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates19.404°N 99.0855°W / 19.404; -99.0855
Public transitMexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 9 Ciudad Deportiva
Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 9 Puebla
Capacity20,062[1]
Field sizeLeft field: 332 feet (101 m)
Center field: 410 feet (120 m)
Right field: 332 feet (101 m)
SurfaceArtificial turf
Construction
OpenedMarch 23, 2019
Construction costMex$3 billion[2]
ArchitectFGP Atelier &Taller ADG [3]
Tenants
Diablos Rojos del México (2019–present)
Stadium design by Francisco González-Pulido.

The stadium is the home of the MLB Mexico City Series. In December 2019, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced it would hold two games at the stadium in April 2020 between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks. These games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The first MLB games played at the stadium were on April 29 and 30, 2023 between the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants. These were the first regular season MLB games in Mexico City.[5]

Background

After the demolition of the Parque Deportivo del Seguro Social in 2000, former home park of Diablos Rojos del México and Tigres de Quintana Roo, the team was forced to find refuge at Foro Sol to host their local games in the Mexican League (Liga Mexicana de Beisbol). Opened as a baseball park on June 2, 2000, with the second game of the series between Tigres de Quintana Roo and Diablos Rojos del México; "Los Escarlatas" found, momentarily, a stadium that would serve as its own stage until September 11, 2014.

The announcement of the construction of a new baseball stadium by Alfredo Harp Helú, in 2010, Diablos Rojos had to leave Foro Sol in 2014 due to the return of the Mexican Grand Prix of Formula 1; using as a temporary home the small, functional and familiar Estadio Fray Nano (2014-2018).

With the start of construction of the Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in November 2015, built between turns 1 and 3 of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, in the famous Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City in Mexico City. The conclusion of the project would mean the first professional stadium built after 50 years, in the city.

The beginning of the project started from the promise of Alfredo Harp Helú, more than 20 years ago, focused on creating a permanent home to the fans and the institution itself; accomplish not only his dream of having a stadium of their own for Diablos Rojos del México, but also making real a promise based on the love and passion for baseball and Mexico.

Opening

The ballpark was inaugurated on 23 March 2019 (2019-03-23), with an exhibition game against the San Diego Padres. The inauguration was attended by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum.[6][7] The ceremony was the first time that the President of Mexico had thrown the "first pitch" in a baseball park since 1947, when Miguel Alemán did so. The starting pitchers were Arturo López for the Diablos and Ryan Weathers for the Padres. The San Diego Padres won the game by a score of 11–2.[8] The first official LMB game was the first of the inaugural series against the Tigres de Quintana Roo on 5 April 2019 (2019-04-05), won by the Diablos Rojos by a score of 14–8.[9]

References
  1. Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. "Quién es quién 2022" (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. El desafío de construir un parque de 3,000 millones de pesos.
  3. ""Diablos Rojos" Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium / FGP Atelier + Taller ADG".
  4. "MLB D-backs Padres play in Mexico City in 2020". MLB.com. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  5. "MLB to play regular season games in Mexico City for first time with Padres-Giants series in 2023". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  6. Gran ambiente en inauguración del Estadio AHH.
  7. “AMLO inaugurará nuevo estadio de los Diablos Rojos del México en 2019”.
  8. Gran ambiente en inauguración del Estadio AHH.
  9. Diablos gana el primero en el AHH.
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