Stadiums in Mexico, far from the elite

The inauguration of the Holy Land Model, the new stadium's Santos Laguna, opened the debate on the quality of buildings that are home to Mexican soccer. A few days ago issued a ranking of stadiums in Mexico, and the result is worrisome: 11 of 17 First Division giants are rated as low. Only one stage (the newly opened SST) meets the standards to be called a Stadium elite.

At Level 3, a seat beneath the property of Santos, are on Morelos (Morelia), Jalisco (Chivas, Atlas), Azteca (America, National Team), Tecnológico (Monterrey) and Hidalgo (Pachuca). At Level 2 (considered as low level) are the Cuauhtemoc (Puebla), Volcano (Tigres UANL), Ciudad Universitaria (Pumas UNAM), Alfonso Lastras (San Luis) and Azul (Cruz Azul). With the worst rating, level 1, are the Nemesio Díez (Toluca), the Victor Manuel Reyna (Jaguares), the Corregidor (Querétaro), Tres de Marzo (Students UAG), the Andrés Quintana Roo (Atlante), and the Benito Juárez (Indians). There are other places unqualified big league promotions, which certainly does not reach to deliver the bad note, as Luis de la Fuente (Veracruz), Victoria (Necaxa), the Banorte (Dorados de Culiacan) or the Camp Nou (Leon). The only one who, in the future, you can make the breed is the new Chivas stadium, agreed in 2010.

It is no surprise with the numbers. Mexico is not distinguished by a first class sporting infrastructure. If so are the stadiums, sports venues in the country with more drag, imagine the level of the staves pauper basketball, baseball stadiums or football slatted student. The poor condition of buildings in an endemic disease in Latin America, whose economic gap with other parts of the world is becoming increasingly apparent. It is inconceivable financial effort that will make Brazil World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016. It's no wonder that the only American who raises his hand for the future is the United States. Mexico knows your situation, and has declined in dream to be based, for the third time a World Cup. Because these stages with aging, neglected and damaged, you can not.

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