Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba

Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba
Coloso de Tres Cruces; "Colossus of Three Crosses neighborhood"; Coloso en la Avenida México; "Mexico Avenue Colossus"
	Interior of the stadium
Full name	Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba
Former names	Estadio Francisco Villa (1986-2018)
Location	Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
Coordinates	22°46′0.44″N 102°32′57.40″W
Owner	Zacatecas State Government
Operator	Grupo Islo
Capacity	20,777
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	Manual
Construction
Broke ground	1985
Built	1985
Opened	1986
Renovated	2014
Expanded	2018
Tenants
	Real Sociedad de Zacatecas (Liga de Expansión MX) (1996–2003); Aguilas Reales (Segunda División de México) (2007–2014); Tuzos UAZ (Segunda División de México) (2013–present); Mineros De Zacatecas (Ascenso MX) (2014-present);

Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba, formerly known as the Estadio Francisco Villa is a multi-use stadium in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for Mineros de Zacatecas. The stadium has a capacity of 20,068 people.

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History

The stadium was opened in 1986 with a game between the Leones Negros UdeG and the South Korea National Team which Leones emerged winner by 1–0

This stadium was originally part of a project to give Zacatecas city a multi-purpose stadium, also a Sports Complex and other venues.

In late 2017, the stadium was expanded from 14000 seats to 20,060 and renamed in honor of football coach Carlos Vega Villalba.^[2]

Football

Villalba has been home to several football teams, the highest level to be played in the Stadium is the second.

Real Sociedad de Zacatecas franchise played nine seasons at the second-tier from 1997 to 2003, reaching the final once in Winter 1997.
Mineros de Zacatecas currently plays in the second level since 2014, having played the final once in Clausura 2016.
Tuzos UAZ, participates at the third level Liga Premier de México, runner-up in 2018–19 season, and champions in Apertura 2022.