Estadio de Béisbol Francisco I. Madero

Estadio Francisco I. Madero

First game after renovations, 28 March 2011
Location	Doctor Jesús Valdez Sánchez Zona Sin Asignación de Nombre de Colonia Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Coordinates	25°26′1.15″N 100°58′43.70″W / 25.4336528°N 100.9788056°WCoordinates: 25°26′1.15″N 100°58′43.70″W / 25.4336528°N 100.9788056°W
Capacity	16,000[1][2]
Scoreboard	14 metres (46 ft) $\times$ 22 metres (72 ft)[3]
Construction
Opened	1963[3]
Renovated	1999[3] 2011[4]
Tenants
Saraperos de Saltillo[5]

Estadio Francisco I. Madero is a stadium in Saltillo, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Saraperos de Saltillo.^[3][5] It holds 16,000 people, and features a video screen measuring 14 meters high by 22 meters wide (46 feet high by 72 feet wide).^[3] The stadium is named after Coahuila native Francisco I. Madero who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913.

The stadium was renovated in 1999,^[3] and again in 2011.^[4] The reopening ceremony on 28 March 2011 followed the most recent renovations and was attended by Saraperos President Alvaro Law, former Saltillo Mayor Jericó Abramo Masso, and President of the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol Plinio Escalante Bolio.^[4]

Old scoreboard, 4 February 2009

New scoreboard, 28 March 2011

The video scoreboard has been upgraded to a large high resolution display measuring 14 by 22 meters

References

1. http://www.worldofstadiums.com/north-america/mexico/estadio-francisco-i-madero/
2. http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120316&content_id=27354996&vkey=news_t502&fext=.jsp&sid=t502
3. "Estadio Francisco I Madero" (in Spanish). 10 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
4. "Celebran reapertura del Francisco I. Madero". El Zócalo (newspaper) (in Spanish). Saltillo. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
5. The stadium is listed as Parque Francisco I. Madero (distinct from the smaller association football stadium in Saltillo with a similar name) at: "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Mexico :: Northern Mexico". Retrieved 2011-06-24.