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An aerial view of the BBVA Stadium in Monterrey, which will host four games during the World Cup JULIO CESAR AGUILAR/AFP via Getty Images
Estadio Monterrey — usually known as Estadio BBVA — is built in the shadow of the Cerro de la Silla, a mountain which rises 1,820 metres above sea level and is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental range in northeastern Mexico. Its distinctive peaks are visible from inside the stadium, which will host four games this summer, including a round of 32 match.
It is an icon of Monterrey, and one that has spawned its fair share of myths and legends. Its name — ‘saddle hill’ in English — is said to come from Portuguese conquistador Alberto del Canto having seen that likeness in the mountain’s ‘U’ shape in the 16th century. But the city’s inhabitants have given it plenty of other nicknames, including the Giant of Monterrey, the Silent Guardian and the Crown of the City (because of its various peaks).
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From cartel prison to children's playground: the transformation of Mexican World Cup host Monterrey
On a recent afternoon in northern Mexico, about a dozen children played soccer in an idyllic park on a site where, a decade earlier, 49 people had died in a vicious battle between two warring cartels fighting for control of one of Mexico’s most violent prisons.
The episode – in which many inmates were hacked to death with knives or bludgeoned with chairs – in the notorious Topo Chico prison was one of the bloodiest in the violence that consumed the metropolitan area of Monterrey in the early 2010s.
A drone view shows the Liberty Park, built on the former Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, where dozens died in a 2016 massacre, as residents celebrate renewed safety while pushing to preserve the transformed space, in Monterrey, Mexico, on 11th May, 2026. PICTURE: Reuters/Daniel Becerril
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