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Estadio GNP Seguros

Coordinates: 19°24′17.6″N 99°5′45.4″W / 19.404889°N 99.095944°W / 19.404889; -99.095944
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Estadio GNP Seguros
Estadio GNP's stands during the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix
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LocationAv. Viaducto Río Piedad y Río Churubusco s/n
Col. Granjas México, Iztacalco, C.P. 08400
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Coordinates19°24′17.6″N 99°5′45.4″W / 19.404889°N 99.095944°W / 19.404889; -99.095944
Public transitMexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 9 Velódromo
Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 9 Ciudad Deportiva
OwnerMexico City Government
OperatorGrupo CIE
CapacityBaseball: 25,000[2]
Concerts: 65,000[3]
Field sizeLeft Field: 326 feet (99 m)
Center Field: 417 feet (127 m)
Right Field: 333 feet (101 m)[1]
SurfaceFieldTurf
Construction
Opened1993
Renovated2024
Tenants
Mexican Grand Prix (2015–present)
Diablos Rojos del México (LMB) (2000–2014)
Tigres de México (LMB) (2000–2001)

Estadio GNP Seguros, formerly known as Foro Sol,[4] is a multipurpose stadium built in 1993 inside the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in eastern Mexico City.[1][5] It is located near the Mexico City International Airport and is operated by Grupo CIE.[6]

The venue was originally built for staging large music concerts. Initially called the Autódromo, it could accommodate up to 50,000 people.[5] From 2000 to 2014, it was used as a baseball stadium as well, hosting the Diablos Rojos del México and Tigres de México.[1][5] The stadium is the second-largest concert venue in Mexico City; the largest, Estadio Azteca, has a capacity of 87,523.[7]

History

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In 1993, four temporary stadium seatings were placed in the banked curve of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez due to the lack of venues for large music concerts.[8] The then-provisional field resulted as an agreement between Paul McCartney's manager, Barry Marshall, and Alejandro Soberón, the CEO of OCESA, after the concert usage of the Estadio Azteca was denied to the singer for a date on the New World Tour.[9] Four years later, it was permanently built and renamed as Foro Sol, the name coming from a popular beer brand of the Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma group that had purchased the naming rights of the venue.[10]

Since 2015, the stadium hosts the Mexican Grand Prix and since 2016 the Mexico City ePrix, becoming part of the track and noted for its unique nature, increasing as well the circuit capacity by 25,000 spectators.[11][12]

In 2019, the park hosted the Race of Champions and Stadium Super Trucks; the latter served as both a competing ROC category and standalone event to conclude its 2018 season.[13][14][15]

It was announced in October 2023 that the stadium would close temporarily throughout most of 2024 for renovations.[16] News surfaced in January 2024 that the venue would change its name from Foro Sol to Estadio GNP after the renovations, following a new deal between OCESA and GNP Seguros.[17] The name change was announced officially on 18 June 2024.[4]

Usages

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Baseball

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A 2014 Diablos Rojos baseball match at the ballpark

The stadium was inaugurated as a baseball park on 2 June 2000 with a match between the Tigres de México and the Diablos Rojos del México. Both teams had previously played in the Parque del Seguro Social, that was demolished in order to build a shopping mall. Tigres played the 2000 and 2001 seasons, winning the Mexican League championship back to back. The next year, Tigres moved to Puebla City and changed their name to Tigres de la Angelópolis and the Diablos Rojos remained as the park's only tenants.[18] The venue was nicknamed Infierno Solar (Solar Hell) while the Diablos Rojos were the only tenants in it.[1][19][20][21][22]

The ballpark hosted three Major League Baseball exhibition games: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Tampa Bay Rays in 2001, New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers in 2003, and Florida Marlins vs. Houston Astros in 2004.[23] Foro Sol hosted as well the Pool B of the 2009 World Baseball Classic contested by Australia, Cuba, South Africa, and Mexico.[24]

In 2014, due to the return of the Mexican Grand Prix to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Diablos Rojos played their last season at the stadium, since the venue needed renovations in order to host Formula 1. Diablos Rojos moved to the smaller Estadio Fray Nano.[18][25]

Music

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Notable concerts

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Madonna was the first world-class act to perform at the venue for her first visit to Mexico with The Girlie Show on 10, 12 and 13 November 1993, when it was still called the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.[8] British alternative rock band Coldplay performed at the stadium on 3, 4, 6, and 7 April 2022.[26] These four shows made the band the first international group in history to perform four shows on a single tour, as well as the biggest attendance in the stadium's history for an English speaking act, with 259,591 spectators.[27][28][29]

During his farewell tour, Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee performed five shows on 29 and 30 November, 2, 3, and 4 December 2022, with 322,028 attendees overall. He became the first act to achieve five consecutive nights and the biggest attendance gathered at the venue.[30] Taylor Swift performed four consecutive shows on the 24, 25, 26 and 27 of August 2023 as part of The Eras Tour, making her the first female artist to ever schedule four shows in a single tour at the stadium.[31]

Mexican group RBD became the act with the most shows performed at the venue, with a six total show run during their reunion tour on November 30, December 1, 2, 3, 16 and 17, 2023.[32] Shakira will perform six consecutive shows on 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 and 28 of March 2025 with Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, making her the first female artist to ever schedule five and six dates in a single tour at the venue.[33][34]

Music festivals

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The stadium is the host of Vive Latino, an annual multi-day rock music festival. It is one of the most important rock en español music festivals in the world, featuring a great variety of Mexican, Latin and Spanish groups of many genres, including performances of bands like Café Tacuba, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Gustavo Cerati, Ozomatli, Sepultura, Ska-P, and non-Spanish speaking bands like The Wailers, Jane's Addiction, Deftones, The Chemical Brothers, and The Mars Volta. The festival has also hosted many Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide pro wrestling events as well.

The venue was the host of The World is a Vampire music festival on March 4, 2023 which was included performances by The Smashing Pumpkins, Interpol, Peter Hook and the Light, Turnstile, Chelsea Wolfe, Margaritas Podridas, Ekkstacy, El Shirota, Deafhaven, In the Valley Below, and Acid Waves. The festival also featured a supercard wrestling show featuring wrestlers from Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide and NWA.

Panorama of the venue in 2011

List of concerts at Estadio GNP Seguros

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Concerts at Estadio GNP Seguros
Date Artist Tour Attendance
10, 12, 13 November 1993 Madonna The Girlie Show 137,234
25, 27 November 1993 Paul McCartney The New World Tour 101,910
9, 10 April 1994 Pink Floyd The Division Bell Tour 90,476
14, 16, 18, 20 January 1995 The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour 204,020
23 October 1997 David Bowie Earthling Tour —
2, 3 December 1997 U2 PopMart Tour 106,966
7, 9 February 1998 The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon Tour 88,700
9 January 2001 Iron Maiden Brave New World Tour —
23, 24, 25 March 2001 Backstreet Boys Black & Blue Tour —
19 October 2001 Eric Clapton Reptile World Tour —
19 March 2002 Roger Waters In the Flesh —
27, 28 July 2002 Britney Spears Dream Within a Dream Tour 102,522
5 October 2002 Rush Vapor Trails Tour —
14, 15 February 2003 Shakira Tour of the Mongoose 88,163
26 February 2006 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang —
4, 5 May 2006 Depeche Mode Touring the Angel 105,040
21, 22 October 2006 Robbie Williams Close Encounters Tour 102,956
6 March 2007 Roger Waters The Dark Side of the Moon Live 54,344
22 April 2007 Aerosmith World Tour 2007 64,000
13 May 2007 Shakira Oral Fixation Tour 48,491
27 May 2007 High School Musical High School Musical: The Concert 35,139
6, 7 October 2007 Heroes del Silencio Tour 2007 —
16 November 2007 Soda Stereo Gira Me Veras Volver —
27, 28 November 2007 The Police The Police Reunion Tour 47,027
12 December 2007 Billy Joel 2007 World —
18 January 2008 Tiësto Elements —
24 February 2008 Iron Maiden Somewhere Back in Time World Tour —
29, 30 November 2008 Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 104,270
20 December 2008 Jonas Brothers Burnin' Up Tour —
26 February 2009 Iron Maiden Somewhere Back in Time World Tour —
4, 6, 7 June 2009 Metallica World Magnetic Tour 156,728[35]
3, 4, October 2009 Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe 88,380
12 November 2009 AC/DC Black Ice World Tour 50,853
20 April 2010 Muse The Resistance Tour —
6, 7, March 2010 Coldplay Viva la Vida Tour 94,005
27, 28, May 2010 Paul McCartney Up and Coming Tour 110,000
24 September 2010 Bon Jovi The Circle Tour 44,124
24 October 2010 Jonas Brothers Live in Concert World Tour 42,500
18 March 2011 Iron Maiden The Final Frontier World Tour 47,489
2, 3 April 2011 Shakira The Sun Comes Out World Tour 54,000[36]
5, 6 May 2011 Lady Gaga The Monster Ball Tour 111,060
26 May 2011 Miley Cyrus Gypsy Heart Tour 31,200
1, 2 October 2011 Justin Bieber My World Tour 94,449
8 November 2011 Aerosmith Back on the Road Tour 58,000
24 November 2011 Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Twenty Tour —
3 December 2011 Britney Spears Femme Fatale Tour 57,000
27, 28 April 2012 Roger Waters The Wall Live 82,811
29 September 2012 Kiss, Mötley Crüe The Tour —
26 October 2012 Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball 37,260
24, 25 November 2012 Madonna The MDNA Tour 84,382
9 February 2013 Swedish House Mafia One Last Tour 36,657
13 April 2013 The Killers Battle Born World Tour 56,375
8, 9 June 2013 One Direction Take Me Home Tour 108,050
17 September 2013 Iron Maiden Maiden England World Tour 49,332
29 September 2013 Bon Jovi Because We Can 35,222
18, 19, November 2013 Justin Bieber Believe Tour 98,358
11 December 2013 Foo Fighters — 35,222
14 February 2015 Romeo Santos Formula, Vol. 2 Tour 48,298
28 November 2015 Pearl Jam Pearl Jam 2015 Latin America Tour 60,106
29 February, 1 March 2016 Maroon 5 Maroon V Tour 117,296
14, 17 March 2016 The Rolling Stones América Latina Olé Tour 2016 117,567
15, 16, 17 April 2016 Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour 195,192
19, 20 April 2016 Guns N' Roses Not in This Lifetime... Tour 131,198
28, 29 September 2016 Roger Waters — 118,594
16 November 2016 Black Sabbath The End Tour 60,506
18, 19, 21 February 2017 Justin Bieber Purpose World Tour 155,201
1, 3, 5 March 2017 Metallica WorldWired Tour 197,745
3, 4 October 2017 U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 117,098
2, 3 February 2018 Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour 115,147
11, 13 March 2018 Depeche Mode Global Spirit Tour 128,521
6 April 2018 The Killers Wonderful Wonderful World Tour 64,094
18 June 2018 Romeo Santos Golden Tour —
16 March 2019 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Vive Latino 2019 Day 1 —
17 March 2019 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Vive Latino 2019 Day 2 —
24 March 2019 Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino 64,467
18 May 2019 Swedish House Mafia Save the World Tour —
2, 3 October 2019 Muse Simulation Theory World Tour 94,400
6 March 2020 Billy Joel Billy Joel in Concert 45,645
14 March 2020 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Vive Latino 2020 Day 1 —
15 March 2020 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Vive Latino 2020 Day 2 —
19 November 2021 Armin van Buuren A State of Trance —
10, 11, 12 December 2021 Panteón Rococó 25° Aniversario —
15 March 2022 Foo Fighters — 54,800
19 March 2022 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Vive Latino 2022 Day 1 —
20 March 2022 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Vive Latino 2022 Day 2 —
24, 25, 26 March 2022 Grupo Firme Enfiestados y Amanecidos Tour 190,004
30 March 2022 Maroon 5 World Tour 2022 —
3, 4, 6, 7 April 2022 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 259,591[37]
29 April 2022 The Killers Imploding the Mirage Tour 64,511
6, 7 May 2022 Grupo Firme Enfiestados y Amanecidos Tour 111,452
19 May 2022 The Strokes — 53,000
25, 26 May 2022 Justin Bieber Justice World Tour 112,747
7 September 2022 Iron Maiden Legacy Of The Beast Tour 62,994
21 September 2022 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Tour 64,267
1, 2, 4 October 2022 Rammstein Stadium Tour 193,990
12 November 2022 Maná México Lindo y Querido Tour —
24, 25 November 2022 Harry Styles Love On Tour 117,363
29, 30 November, 2, 3, 4 December 2022 Daddy Yankee La Última Vuelta World Tour 322,028
22, 23 January 2023 Muse Will of the People World Tour 107,270
10 February 2023 Grupo Firme Enfiestados y Amanecidos Tour —
18 February 2023 Mötley Crüe & Def Leppard The World Tour —
March 4 2023 NWA &
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide 		The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. AAA —
19 March 2023 Red Hot Chili Peppers Global Stadium Tour —
25 March 2023 Ricardo Arjona Blanco y Negro Tour —
30 March 2023 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever, The World Tour 51,894
26, 27 April 2023 Blackpink Born Pink World Tour 113,498
6 May 2023 Rels B Flakk Tour 2023 —
12 May 2023 Molotov Estalla Molotov —
17 May 2023 Imagine Dragons Mercury World Tour —
20 May 2023 Rauw Alejandro Saturno World Tour —
24 May 2023 Wisin & Yandel La Última Misión World Tour —
27 May 2023 Christian Nodal Foraji2 Tour —
15, 16 August 2023 Lana Del Rey 2023-2024 Tour 116,723
24, 25, 26, 27 August 2023 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour —
5 September 2023 Post Malone If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd Be Crying Tour —
21, 23, 25 September 2023 Depeche Mode Memento Mori World Tour —
29, 30 September 2023 The Weeknd After Hours til Dawn Tour 129,707
6, 7 October 2023 Arctic Monkeys The Car Tour —
11 November 2023 Peso Pluma Tour México 55,925
14, 16 November 2023 Paul McCartney Got Back 118,088
23 November 2023 Junior H Tour 2023 —
30 November 2023
1, 2, 3, 16, 17 December 2023 		RBD Soy Rebelde Tour 347,923
9 December 2023 Siddhartha — —
2, 3 February 2024 TWICE Ready to Be World Tour 114,049
8, 10, 11 August 2024 Bruno Mars — —
20, 21 August 2024 Feid Ferxxocalipsis World Tour —
23 August 2024 Natanael Cano Tumbado Tour 2024 —
20, 22, 27, 29 September 2024 Metallica M72 World Tour —
3 October 2024 Eric Clapton — —
5, 6 October 2024 The Killers Rebel Diamonds Tour —
9 November 2024 Blink-182 World Tour 2023/2024
12 November 2024 Paul McCartney Got Back —
20 November 2024 Iron Maiden The Future Past World Tour —
30 November, 1 December 2024 Luis Miguel Tour 2023-2024 —
13, 14 December 2024 Morat Los Estadios Tour —
20 February 2025 Twenty One Pilots The Clancy World Tour —
19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28 March 2025 Shakira Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour —
12, 13 September 2025 Oasis Live '25 —
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