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Location | Xochimilco Mexico City |
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Coordinates | 19°15′45.2″N99°07′26.0″W / 19.262556°N 99.123889°W /19.262556; -99.123889 |
Owner | Cruz Azul |
Type | Sports training facility |
Surface | Grass pitches (2) Synthetic turf (1) |
Construction | |
Built | 1986–1990 |
Opened | 1990[1][2] |
Tenants | |
Cruz Azul (1990–present) Cruz Azul Reserves and Academy (1990–present) Cruz Azul (women) (2020–present) |
Instalaciones La Noria is thetraining ground and academy of professionalfootball clubCruz Azul. It has been the home of Cruz Azul's reserve and youth teams for several years and, since 2020, also serves as the training ground for theclub's women's team. Opened in 1990, it is located in the borough ofXochimilco inMexico City.[3]
Its history dates back to 1986 whenCooperativa La Cruz Azul acquired a 46,600-square-meter piece of land with the goal of constructing its own facilities to replace theSeminario Menor de Acoxpa, where the team had been training while renting the property.[4]
After four years of planning and construction, the complex was inaugurated on 10 October 1990. Since then, La Noria has been the home of Cruz Azul, becoming one of the most important high-performance centers inLatin America.[3]
This complex is equipped with football fields, a gym, locker rooms, physiotherapy areas, and other facilities to meet the needs of players, coaching staff, and club personnel.[4]