Inside the world’s first purpose-built music stadium
The newly renovated GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City opened last week with sold-out concerts from Bruno Mars
News By Lisa Henderson | 13 August 2024
Mexico City’s newly renovated GNP Seguros Stadium (previously called Foro Sol) was unveiled last week with three sold-out concerts by Bruno Mars. Inaugurated in 1993, the 65,000-capacity venue is the world’s only permanent stadium that is purpose-built for concerts.
“The goal of other stadiums is usually sport or some other event,” the stadium’s architect Pepe Moyao tells IQ. “Usually, in those venues, you lose a bleacher when you put in a stage. That doesn’t happen in GNP Seguros…
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