Ciudad Deportiva metro station

Ciudad Deportiva
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
General information
LocationMexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°24′30″N 99°05′28″W / 19.408357°N 99.091229°W / 19.408357; -99.091229
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 9 (Tacubaya - Pantitlán)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened26 August 1987
Key dates
17 December 2023 (2023-12-17)Temporarily closed
10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)Reopened
Passengers
20232,610,495[1] Increase 10.32%
Rank139/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Velódromo
toward Tacubaya
 Line 9 Puebla
toward Pantitlán
Location
Ciudad Deportiva is located in Mexico City
Ciudad Deportiva
Ciudad Deportiva
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map

Ciudad Deportiva (Spanish: Estación Ciudad Deportiva) is a metro station along Line 9 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is named for the nearby the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City.

Magdalena Mixuhca Sports City was enlarged in 1967 as part of the project to create the venues needed for the 1968 Summer Olympics.[4] The Sports City is home to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (racetrack), the Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú (baseball stadium), the Estadio GNP Seguros concert venue (formerly named Foro Sol)[5][6] the Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, and the Palacio de los Deportes (indoor arena).[4]

The station is elevated and sits in the median of the Viaducto Río Piedad. It was opened 26 August 1987.[7] The logo for the station represents a player engaged in a Mesoamerican ballgame (a similar logo is used for Metro Deportivo 18 de Marzo on lines 3 and 6).[2]

In December 2009 a man in his 30s was shot twice in the back next to the station.[8] From 23 April to 15 May 2020,[9] the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[10] Due to subsidance in Pantitlán, Ciudad Deportiva was temporarily closed.[11]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference passnrank22-23 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Ciudad Deportiva" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  3. ^ Archambault, Richard. "Ciudad Deportiva » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b "THE IOC SECRETARY GENERAL IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA" (pdf). December 1967. pp. 4, 5, 6. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Rock, Intensidad y decepción Vive Latino". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 26 April 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  6. ^ "El Porvenir : En Escena : Reventa encarece boletos para el Vive Latino". El Porvenir (in Spanish). 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Ciudad Deportiva Metro Station (1987) - Structurae". Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  8. ^ "LO MATAN A BALAZOS JUNTO A ESTACION DEL METRO CIUDAD DEPORTIVA" (in Spanish). 5 December 2009. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  9. ^ Hernández, Eduardo (15 May 2020). "Reabren mañana estaciones Velódromo y Ciudad Deportiva del Metro". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  11. ^ Arana, Laura (17 December 2023). "Linea 9: Todo lo que tienes que saber sobre el cierre de estaciones, alternativas y hasta cuándo durará" [Line 9: Everything you need to know about station closures, alternatives and how long it will last]. El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2023.