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| address = Av. Viaducto Río de la Piedad, [[Granjas México]], [[Iztacalco]], [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
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| surface = Artificial turf
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[[File:Estadio Harp Helú.jpg|thumb|Interior of the stadium]]
[[File:PANTALLA AHH.jpg|thumb|Stadium scoreboard in center field]]
'''Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú''' ({{langx|en|Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium}}) is a baseball stadium in [[Mexico City]], located within the [[Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City]] in the [[Iztacalco]] [[Boroughs of Mexico City|borough]]. It is the ballpark of [[Mexican League]]'s [[Diablos Rojos del México]]. Inaugurated on 23 March 2019, the stadium has a capacity of 20,062 seats.


The stadium hosts the [[MLB Mexico City Series]]. In December 2019, [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) announced it would hold two games at the stadium in April 2020 between the [[San Diego Padres]] and the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]. These games were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/breaking-news/mlb-to-play-in-mexico-city-2020|title=MLB D-backs Padres play in Mexico City in 2020|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214193212/https://www.mlb.com/breaking-news/mlb-to-play-in-mexico-city-2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first MLB games played at the stadium were on 29 and 30 April 2023 between the [[San Diego Padres]] and the [[San Francisco Giants]]. These were the first regular season MLB games in Mexico City.<ref>{{cite web|title=MLB to play regular season games in Mexico City for first time with Padres-Giants series in 2023|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-to-play-regular-season-games-in-mexico-city-for-first-time-with-padres-giants-series-in-2023/|first=Matt|last=Snyder|date=31 August 2022|access-date=3 September 2022|website=CBSSports.com|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Estadio de bésbol de los Diablos Rojos del México.PNG|thumb|right|250px|Stadium design by Francisco González-Pulido.]]


The ballpark was named for the Diablos Rojos owner [[Alfredo Harp Helú]] and it is nicknamed ''Diamante de Fuego'' ({{langx|en|The Fire Diamond}}).<ref>{{cite web|title=El Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú, la nueva casa de los Diablos Rojos del México|url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/deportes/El-Estadio-Alfredo-Harp-Helu-la-nueva-casa-de-los-Diablos-Rojos-del-Mexico-20190325-0038.html|website=El Economista|date=25 March 2019|access-date=10 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref name=milb>{{cite web|title=Diablos Rojos: Triunfo 100 para los Pingos en el Diamante de Fuego|url=https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/diablos-rojos-triunfo-100-para-los-pingos-en-el-diamante-de-fuego|website=MiLB.com|date=3 June 2023|access-date=10 July 2023|language=es}}</ref>
'''Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú''' (English: ''Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium'') is the home baseball stadium of the Red Devils of Mexico ([[Diablos Rojos del México]]) in [[Mexico City]], inaugurated on March 23, 2019. With a capacity of 20,576 seats, it became the first stadium built in the city in the last 50 years.


==History==
The stadium is the home of the [[MLB Mexico City Series]]. In December 2019, [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) announced it would hold two games at the stadium in April 2020 between the [[San Diego Padres]] and the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]. These games were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/breaking-news/mlb-to-play-in-mexico-city-2020|title=MLB D-backs Padres play in Mexico City in 2020|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> The first MLB games played at the stadium were on April 29 and 30, 2023 between the [[San Diego Padres]] and the [[San Francisco Giants]]. These were the first regular season MLB games in Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB to play regular season games in Mexico City for first time with Padres-Giants series in 2023 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-to-play-regular-season-games-in-mexico-city-for-first-time-with-padres-giants-series-in-2023/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref>
===Background===
From 1955 until 2000, the [[Diablos Rojos del México]] played at the [[Parque Deportivo del Seguro Social]], which they shared with the [[Tigres de Quintana Roo|Tigres de México]]. In 1999, the [[Mexican Social Security Institute]], owner of the ballpark, decided to sell the stadium. Despite the offer of the Diablos and Tigres owners to buy the Parque del Seguro Social, a larger sum of money was offered by Autocamiones Central, a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] authorized dealer, who planned to turn the place into a car dealership. The stadium was later sold to [[Supermercados Gigante]], a supermarket chain, demolished and turned into a shopping mall named Parque Delta.<ref>{{cite web|title=En 1955 nace el Parque del Seguro Social|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-115503064|website=MiLB.com|date=29 March 2015|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=¿Qué pasó ahí?... La nostalgia del Parque del Seguro Social|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2014/10/17/987353|website=Excélsior|date=17 October 2014|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref> Diablos and Tigres played a doubleheader on 1 June 2000; the last time that baseball was played at the Parque del seguro Social.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historia LMB: El último juego en el Parque del Seguro Social|url=https://www.septimaentrada.com/liga-mexicana-de-beisbol/lmb-2020-historia-juego-parque-seguro-social-diablos-rojos-tigres-capitalinos|website=Séptima Entrada|date=1 June 2020|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Después de 45 años el Parque del Seguro cerró sus puertas|url=https://diablos.com.mx/despues-de-45-anos-el-parque-del-seguro-cerro-sus-puertas/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819021744/https://diablos.com.mx/despues-de-45-anos-el-parque-del-seguro-cerro-sus-puertas/|website=diablos.com.mx|date=1 June 2020|archive-date=19 August 2022|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref>


After the demolition of the Parque Deportivo del Seguro Social, Diablos and Tigres were forced to find another ballpark and moved to the [[Foro Sol]], a ballpark located inside the [[Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez]], to host their local games. Foro Sol, opened as a baseball park on 2 June 2000, with the second game of the series between Tigres and Diablos. For the 2002 season, Tigres left Mexico City and moved to [[Puebla (city)|Puebla]], leaving the Diablos as the sole tenants of the Foro Sol.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hace 20 años se inauguró el Foro Sol como estadio de beisbol|url=https://www.milb.com/news/hace-20-anos-se-inauguro-el-foro-sol-como-estadio-de-beisbol|website=MiLB.com|date=|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref>
== Background ==
After the demolition of the [[Parque Deportivo del Seguro Social]] in 2000, former home park of [[Diablos Rojos del México]] and [[Tigres de Quintana Roo]], the team was forced to find refuge at [[Foro Sol]] to host their local games in the [[Mexican League]] ([[Liga Mexicana de Beisbol]]). Opened as a baseball park on June 2, 2000, with the second game of the series between [[Tigres de Quintana Roo]] and [[Diablos Rojos del México]]; "Los Escarlatas" found, momentarily, a stadium that would serve as its own stage until September 11, 2014.


In June 2010, the announcement of the construction of a new baseball stadium for the Diablos was made by [[Marcelo Ebrard]], [[List of heads of government of Mexico City|Head of Government of the Federal District]] from 2006 to 2012, and [[Alfredo Harp Helú]], owner of the Diablos Rojos. According to Ebrard, construction was scheduled to begin in September 2010. Two locations were selected as possible options for the new Diablos stadium: [[Bicentennial Park (Mexico City)|Bicentennial Park]] in [[Azcapotzalco]], next to the [[Refinería metro station]] and the [[Estadio Fray Nano]], that would have been demolished in order to build the new stadium. The plans fell apart and the new stadium was not built.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dos posibles sedes para el estadio de los Diablos|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2010/06/09/deportes/a15n2dep|website=La Jornada|first=José|last=Garduño Gómez|date=9 June 2010|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Los Diablos Rojos tendrán nueva casa|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/beisbol/los-diablos-rojos-tendran-nueva-casa|website=Mediotiempo.com|date=8 June 2010|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref name=boada>{{cite web|title=Un parque, cuatro opciones|url=https://www.milenio.com/deportes/un-parque-cuatro-opciones|website=Milenio|first=Miguel|last=Boada Nájera|date=27 February 2014|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref>
The announcement of the construction of a new baseball stadium by [[Alfredo Harp Helú]], in 2010, Diablos Rojos had to leave Foro Sol in 2014 due to the return of the [[Mexican Grand Prix]] of [[Formula One|Formula 1]]; using as a temporary home the small, functional and familiar [[Estadio Fray Nano]] (2014-2018).


The contract between the Diablos Rojos and Foro Sol was due after the 2014 season, that, and the return of the [[Formula One]] [[Mexican Grand Prix]] to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez scheduled for 2015, meant that the Diablos had to, again, search for a new ballpark. In early 2014, plans for a new stadium were announced again, and this time four possible locations were considered: Bicentennial Park, Estadio Fray Nano, [[Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City|Ciudad Universitaria]] and the [[Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City]].<ref name=boada/> The latter was finally chosen and, on 2 December 2014, Alfredo Harp Helú announced that the construction of the new stadium would begin in 2015 between turns 1 and 3 of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The conclusion of the project would mean the first professional stadium built after 50 years in Mexico City.<ref>{{cite web|title=La cronología del nuevo estadio de los Diablos Rojos|url=https://www.milenio.com/deportes/beisbol/nuevo-estadio-de-los-diablos-a-unos-dias-de-ser-toda-una-realidad|website=Milenio|date=13 March 2019|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú, el tridente de la ciudad|url=https://cdn-3.expansion.mx/infographic/2020/12/02-15/03/04-00000176-06d9-d09c-abf6-4efbee450002-default/categorias-ganador/edificacion.html|website=obras.expansion.mx|first=Diana|last=Zavala|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref>
With the start of construction of the Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in November 2015, built between turns 1 and 3 of the [[Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez]], in the famous [[Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City]] in [[Mexico City]]. The conclusion of the project would mean the first professional stadium built after 50 years, in the city.


Diablos played their last game at the Foro Sol on 11 September 2014, that was also the last game of the Serie del Rey, the Mexican League championship series, defeating [[Pericos de Puebla]] to win the 2014 championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diablos Rojos, sin casa para el 2015|url=https://www.milenio.com/deportes/diablos-rojos-sin-casa-para-el-2015|website=Milenio|first=Miguel|last=Boada Nájera|date=24 July 2014|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Diablos despidió Foro Sol con título|url=https://www.espn.com.mx/noticias/nota/_/id/2177724/diablos-despidio-foro-sol-con-titulo|website=ESPN.com.mx|first=Rubén|last=Castro|date=12 September 2014|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref> For the next season, Diablos Rojos moved to the small, functional and familiar [[Estadio Fray Nano]], where they played from 2015 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fray Nano, casa para Diablos Rojos en 2015|url=https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/gcs-102528344|website=MiLB.com|date=26 November 2014|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Los Diablos al Fray Nano en 2015|url=https://www.espn.com.mx/noticias/nota/_/id/2186668/los-diablos-al-fray-nano-en-2015|website=ESPN.com.mx|first=Salvador|last=Rodríguez|date=23 September 2014|access-date=11 July 2023|language=es}}</ref>
The beginning of the project started from the promise of [[Alfredo Harp Helú]], more than 20 years ago, focused on creating a permanent home to the fans and the institution itself; accomplish not only his dream of having a stadium of their own for [[Diablos Rojos del México]], but also making real a promise based on the love and passion for baseball and Mexico.


The beginning of the project started from the promise of Alfredo Harp Helú, more than 20 years ago, focused on creating a permanent home for the fans and the institution itself; accomplishing not only his dream of having a stadium of their own for the Diablos, but also making real a promise based on the love and passion for baseball and Mexico.
== Opening ==
The ballpark was inaugurated on {{Start date|2019|03|23|df=y}}, with an exhibition game against the [[San Diego Padres]]. The inauguration was attended by [[President of Mexico|President]] [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] and the [[Mayor of Mexico City|Mayor]] [[Claudia Sheinbaum]].<ref>[https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/gran-ambiente-en-inauguraci243n-del-estadio-ahh/c-305643060 Gran ambiente en inauguración del Estadio AHH.]</ref><ref>[https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/amlo-inaugurara-nuevo-estadio-de-los-diablos-rojos-del-mexico-en-2019 “AMLO inaugurará nuevo estadio de los Diablos Rojos del México en 2019”.]</ref> The ceremony was the first time that the President of Mexico had thrown the "first pitch" in a baseball park since 1947, when [[Miguel Alemán Valdés|Miguel Alemán]] did so. The starting pitchers were [[Arturo López]] for the Diablos and Ryan Weathers for the Padres. The [[San Diego Padres]] won the game by a score of 11–2.<ref>[https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/gran-ambiente-en-inauguraci243n-del-estadio-ahh/c-305643060 Gran ambiente en inauguración del Estadio AHH.]</ref> The first official [[Mexican League|LMB]] game was the first of the inaugural series against the [[Tigres de Quintana Roo]] on {{Start date|2019|04|05|df=y}}, won by the Diablos Rojos by a score of 14–8.<ref>[https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/diablos-gana-el-primero-en-el-ahh/c-306000054 Diablos gana el primero en el AHH.]</ref>


== References ==
===Inauguration===
The ballpark was inaugurated on 23 March 2019, with an exhibition game against the [[San Diego Padres]]. The inauguration was attended by [[President of Mexico|President]] [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] and the [[Mayor of Mexico City|Mayor]] [[Claudia Sheinbaum]].<ref name=inauguracion>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/gran-ambiente-en-inauguraci243n-del-estadio-ahh/c-305643060|title=Gran ambiente en inauguración del Estadio AHH|website=MiLB.com|date=24 March 2019|access-date=10 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/amlo-inaugurara-nuevo-estadio-de-los-diablos-rojos-del-mexico-en-2019|title=AMLO inaugurará nuevo estadio de los Diablos Rojos del México en 2019|website=El Financiero|agency=Notimex|date=11 September 2018|access-date=10 July 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lanza AMLO primera bola en el Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú|url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/2303/kiosko/lanza-amlo-primera-bola-en-el-estadio-alfredo-harp-helu-video/|website=Aristegui Noticias|date=23 March 2019|access-date=10 July 2023|language=es}}</ref> The ceremony was the first time that the President of Mexico had thrown the first pitch in a baseball park since 1947, when [[Miguel Alemán Valdés|Miguel Alemán]] did so in the 1947 season opener between the Diablos Rojos and the [[Azules de Veracruz]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Así fue el primer juego de béisbol transmitido por TV en México|url=https://www.septimaentrada.com/liga-mexicana-de-beisbol/primer-juego-de-beisbol-transmitido-por-tv-en-mexico-video|website=Séptima Entrada|date=27 March 2022|access-date=10 July 2023|language=es}}</ref> The starting pitchers were [[Arturo López]] for the Diablos and [[Ryan Weathers]] for the Padres. The [[San Diego Padres]] won the game by a score of 11–2.<ref name=inauguracion/>

The first official [[Mexican League|LMB]] game was the first of the inaugural series against the [[Tigres de Quintana Roo]] on 5 April 2019, won by the Diablos Rojos by a score of 14–8. The starting pitchers were [[Matt Gage]] for the Diablos Rojos and [[Javier Solano]] for the Tigres. Diablos first baseman [[Japhet Amador]] hit the first home run in an official game in the stadium's history.<ref name=milb/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/diablos-gana-el-primero-en-el-ahh/c-306000054|title=Diablos gana el primero en el AHH|date=6 April 2019|website=MiLB.com|access-date=10 July 2023|language=es}}</ref>

==Stadium firsts==
{| class="wikitable" align=center style="margin-left:15px; text-align:center; background:#ffffff;"
|-
! scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| Statistic
! scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| Exhibition
! scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| Regular season
! scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| Postseason
|-
! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| First game
| 23 March 2019<br />[[San Diego Padres|Padres]] 11, [[Diablos Rojos del México|Diablos Rojos]] 2
| 5 April 2019<br />[[Diablos Rojos del México|Diablos Rojos]] 14, [[Tigres de Quintana Roo|Tigres]] 8
| 3 September 2019<br />[[Diablos Rojos del México|Diablos Rojos]] 11, [[Tigres de Quintana Roo|Tigres]] 6
|-
! scope"row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| Ceremonial First Pitch
| [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]
| [[Alfredo Harp Helú]]
| [[Óscar Pérez (footballer, born 1973)|Óscar Pérez]]
|-
!scope"row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| First pitch
| [[Arturo López]]
| [[Matt Gage]]
| [[Matt Gage]]
|-
!scope"row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| First batter
| [[Xavier Edwards]] ([[San Diego Padres|Padres]])
| [[Justin Greene (baseball)|Justin Greene]] ([[Tigres de Quintana Roo|Tigres]])
| [[Rubén Sosa (baseball)|Rubén Sosa]] ([[Tigres de Quintana Roo|Tigres]])
|-
!scope"row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| First hit
| [[Xavier Edwards]] ([[San Diego Padres|Padres]])
| [[Rubén Sosa (baseball)|Rubén Sosa]] ([[Tigres de Quintana Roo|Tigres]])
| [[Reynaldo Rodríguez]] ([[Tigres de Quintana Roo|Tigres]])
|-
!scope"row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| First Diablos hit
| [[Jesús Fabela]]
| [[Japhet Amador]]
| [[Japhet Amador]]
|-
!scope"row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Diablos Rojos del México}};| First home run
| [[Michael Gettys]] ([[San Diego Padres|Padres]])
| [[Japhet Amador]]
| [[Manuel Orduño]] ([[Tigres de Quintana Roo|Tigres]])
|}

==MLB Mexico City Series==
Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú hosts the [[MLB Mexico City Series]]. The first series, scheduled to be played in April 2020, were canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Steve|title=MLB Cancels Planned Series In Mexico City And Puerto Rico|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/03/mlb-cancels-planned-series-in-mexico-city-and-puerto-rico.html|website=MLB Trade Rumors|accessdate=10 July 2023|date=19 March 2020}}</ref>

The series returned in 2023 with the [[San Diego Padres]] and the [[San Francisco Giants]] playing in Mexico City on 29 and 30 April 2023. The Padres won the first game, 16–11, and won the second, 6–4. The crowd was heavily biased towards the Padres, who are based very close to the Mexican border, and attracted fans from the U.S. and from across Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wagner|first=James|title=Passionate Baseball Fans and (Very) Thin Air Let Mexico City Shine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/sports/baseball/padres-giants-mexico-city.html |access-date=10 July 2023|work=The New York Times |date=1 May 2023}}</ref> Due to the high altitude and hitter-friendly dimensions of the stadium, the first game included 11 home runs from 10 different players, tying an MLB record.<ref>{{cite news|last=Perry|first=Dayn|title=Padres and Giants tie MLB record as 10 players homer in opener of Mexico Series|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/padres-and-giants-tie-mlb-record-as-10-players-homer-in-opener-of-mexico-series/|access-date=10 July 2023|work=CBS Sports|date=29 April 2023}}</ref>

The 2024 series is scheduled to feature the [[Houston Astros]] and the [[Colorado Rockies]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Snyder|first=Matt|title=MLB planning Mexico City return in 2024 with Astros to face NL opponent, per report|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-planning-mexico-city-return-in-2024-with-astros-to-face-nl-opponent-per-report/ |access-date=10 July 2023|work=CBS Sports|date=1 May 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Season
! Date
! colspan="2" | Winning Team
! colspan="2" | Losing Team
! Attendance
!Ref.
|-
! rowspan="2" |'''2023'''
| 29 April 2023
| '''[[2023 San Diego Padres season|San Diego Padres]]'''
|16|| [[2023 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]]
|11|| 19,633
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB Gameday: Giants 11, Padres 16 Final Score (04/29/2023) |url=https://www.mlb.com/gameday/giants-vs-padres/2023/04/29/718384/final/wrap |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 30 April 2023|| '''San Diego Padres'''
|6
| San Francisco Giants
|4|| 19,611|| <ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB Gameday: Giants 4, Padres 6 Final Score (04/30/2023) |url=https://www.mlb.com/gameday/giants-vs-padres/2023/04/30/718368/final/wrap |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" |'''2024'''
|27 April 2024
|'''[[2024 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]'''
|12
|[[2024 Colorado Rockies season|Colorado Rockies]]
|4
|19,934
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB Gameday: Astros 12, Rockies 4 Final Score (04/27/2024) |url=https://www.mlb.com/gameday/astros-vs-rockies/2024/04/27/746560/final/wrap |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|28 April 2024
|'''Houston Astros'''
|8
|Colorado Rockies
|2
|19,841
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLB Gameday: Follow Astros at Rockies game on 04/28/2024 free |url=https://www.mlb.com/gameday/astros-vs-rockies/2024/04/28/746561/final/box |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
==External links==
* [https://diablos.com.mx/estadio Official website]
* [https://estadioahh.com/ Official website]


{{Diablos Rojos del México}}
{{Diablos Rojos del México}}

Latest revision as of 07:55, 26 October 2024

Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú
Diamante de Fuego
Map
AddressAv. Viaducto Río de la Piedad, Granjas México, Iztacalco, Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates19°24′14″N 99°05′08″W / 19.404°N 99.0855°W / 19.404; -99.0855
Public transitMexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 9 Ciudad Deportiva
Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 9 Puebla
Capacity20,062[1]
Field sizeLeft field: 332 feet (101 m)
Center field: 410 feet (120 m)
Right field: 332 feet (101 m)
SurfaceArtificial turf
Construction
Opened23 March 2019
Construction costMex$3 billion[2]
ArchitectFGP Atelier & Taller ADG[3]
Tenants
Diablos Rojos del México (2019–present)
Interior of the stadium
Stadium scoreboard in center field

Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú (English: Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium) is a baseball stadium in Mexico City, located within the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City in the Iztacalco borough. It is the ballpark of Mexican League's Diablos Rojos del México. Inaugurated on 23 March 2019, the stadium has a capacity of 20,062 seats.

The stadium hosts the MLB Mexico City Series. In December 2019, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced it would hold two games at the stadium in April 2020 between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks. These games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The first MLB games played at the stadium were on 29 and 30 April 2023 between the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants. These were the first regular season MLB games in Mexico City.[5]

The ballpark was named for the Diablos Rojos owner Alfredo Harp Helú and it is nicknamed Diamante de Fuego (English: The Fire Diamond).[6][7]

History

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Background

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From 1955 until 2000, the Diablos Rojos del México played at the Parque Deportivo del Seguro Social, which they shared with the Tigres de México. In 1999, the Mexican Social Security Institute, owner of the ballpark, decided to sell the stadium. Despite the offer of the Diablos and Tigres owners to buy the Parque del Seguro Social, a larger sum of money was offered by Autocamiones Central, a Ford authorized dealer, who planned to turn the place into a car dealership. The stadium was later sold to Supermercados Gigante, a supermarket chain, demolished and turned into a shopping mall named Parque Delta.[8][9] Diablos and Tigres played a doubleheader on 1 June 2000; the last time that baseball was played at the Parque del seguro Social.[10][11]

After the demolition of the Parque Deportivo del Seguro Social, Diablos and Tigres were forced to find another ballpark and moved to the Foro Sol, a ballpark located inside the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, to host their local games. Foro Sol, opened as a baseball park on 2 June 2000, with the second game of the series between Tigres and Diablos. For the 2002 season, Tigres left Mexico City and moved to Puebla, leaving the Diablos as the sole tenants of the Foro Sol.[12]

In June 2010, the announcement of the construction of a new baseball stadium for the Diablos was made by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012, and Alfredo Harp Helú, owner of the Diablos Rojos. According to Ebrard, construction was scheduled to begin in September 2010. Two locations were selected as possible options for the new Diablos stadium: Bicentennial Park in Azcapotzalco, next to the Refinería metro station and the Estadio Fray Nano, that would have been demolished in order to build the new stadium. The plans fell apart and the new stadium was not built.[13][14][15]

The contract between the Diablos Rojos and Foro Sol was due after the 2014 season, that, and the return of the Formula One Mexican Grand Prix to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez scheduled for 2015, meant that the Diablos had to, again, search for a new ballpark. In early 2014, plans for a new stadium were announced again, and this time four possible locations were considered: Bicentennial Park, Estadio Fray Nano, Ciudad Universitaria and the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City.[15] The latter was finally chosen and, on 2 December 2014, Alfredo Harp Helú announced that the construction of the new stadium would begin in 2015 between turns 1 and 3 of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The conclusion of the project would mean the first professional stadium built after 50 years in Mexico City.[16][17]

Diablos played their last game at the Foro Sol on 11 September 2014, that was also the last game of the Serie del Rey, the Mexican League championship series, defeating Pericos de Puebla to win the 2014 championship.[18][19] For the next season, Diablos Rojos moved to the small, functional and familiar Estadio Fray Nano, where they played from 2015 to 2018.[20][21]

The beginning of the project started from the promise of Alfredo Harp Helú, more than 20 years ago, focused on creating a permanent home for the fans and the institution itself; accomplishing not only his dream of having a stadium of their own for the Diablos, but also making real a promise based on the love and passion for baseball and Mexico.

Inauguration

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The ballpark was inaugurated on 23 March 2019, with an exhibition game against the San Diego Padres. The inauguration was attended by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum.[22][23][24] The ceremony was the first time that the President of Mexico had thrown the first pitch in a baseball park since 1947, when Miguel Alemán did so in the 1947 season opener between the Diablos Rojos and the Azules de Veracruz.[25] The starting pitchers were Arturo López for the Diablos and Ryan Weathers for the Padres. The San Diego Padres won the game by a score of 11–2.[22]

The first official LMB game was the first of the inaugural series against the Tigres de Quintana Roo on 5 April 2019, won by the Diablos Rojos by a score of 14–8. The starting pitchers were Matt Gage for the Diablos Rojos and Javier Solano for the Tigres. Diablos first baseman Japhet Amador hit the first home run in an official game in the stadium's history.[7][26]

Stadium firsts

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Statistic Exhibition Regular season Postseason
First game 23 March 2019
Padres 11, Diablos Rojos 2
5 April 2019
Diablos Rojos 14, Tigres 8
3 September 2019
Diablos Rojos 11, Tigres 6
Ceremonial First Pitch Andrés Manuel López Obrador Alfredo Harp Helú Óscar Pérez
First pitch Arturo López Matt Gage Matt Gage
First batter Xavier Edwards (Padres) Justin Greene (Tigres) Rubén Sosa (Tigres)
First hit Xavier Edwards (Padres) Rubén Sosa (Tigres) Reynaldo Rodríguez (Tigres)
First Diablos hit Jesús Fabela Japhet Amador Japhet Amador
First home run Michael Gettys (Padres) Japhet Amador Manuel Orduño (Tigres)

MLB Mexico City Series

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Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú hosts the MLB Mexico City Series. The first series, scheduled to be played in April 2020, were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27]

The series returned in 2023 with the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants playing in Mexico City on 29 and 30 April 2023. The Padres won the first game, 16–11, and won the second, 6–4. The crowd was heavily biased towards the Padres, who are based very close to the Mexican border, and attracted fans from the U.S. and from across Mexico.[28] Due to the high altitude and hitter-friendly dimensions of the stadium, the first game included 11 home runs from 10 different players, tying an MLB record.[29]

The 2024 series is scheduled to feature the Houston Astros and the Colorado Rockies.[30]

Season Date Winning Team Losing Team Attendance Ref.
2023 29 April 2023 San Diego Padres 16 San Francisco Giants 11 19,633 [31]
30 April 2023 San Diego Padres 6 San Francisco Giants 4 19,611 [32]
2024 27 April 2024 Houston Astros 12 Colorado Rockies 4 19,934 [33]
28 April 2024 Houston Astros 8 Colorado Rockies 2 19,841 [34]

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