Plaza Nuevo Progreso

Plaza de toros Nuevo Progreso

Address	Montes Pirineos 1930
Location	Guadalajara, Jalisco
Coordinates	20°42′7.42″N 103°19′31.11″W
Public transit	Macrobús
Owner	Espectáculos Monterrey, Sociedad Anónima (EMSA)
Capacity	16,561
Surface	beige sands
Construction
Broke ground	1966
Opened	February 4, 1967 (1967-02-04) (57 years ago)
Architect	Leopoldo Torres Águila
Structural engineer	Mario Quiñones

The Plaza de toros Nuevo Progreso[1] is a bullring in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It is currently used for bull fighting and also for hosting musical events, and professional wrestling events.[2] The bullring holds 16,561 people[3] and was built in 1966 to 1967.

Architect Jose Manuel Gomez Vazquez Aldana made the executive project and drew up the plans for the new bullring, and this one was built by architects Leopoldo Torres Águila, Manuel Parga, and Gorki Guido Bayardo, and civil engineers Mario Quiñones, Alfonso Ortega Pérez, and Mario Fernández.

The main promoter and first owner of the plaza was Leodegario Hernández (Arandas, Jalisco, 24 January 1920 - 22 January 1987), a show business promoter and entrepreneur.

Bullring Nuevo Progreso in Guadalajara

The first name of this venue was Plaza Monumental, and was inaugurated on Saturday, 4 February 1967, when six bulls bred in the facilities of cattle breeder José Julián Llaguno, were fought by matadors Joselito Huerta, Raúl Contreras "Finito", and Manolo Martínez.[4]

Leodegario Hernández went through a streak of bad business, and in 1971 he decided to sell the plaza to his competitor, Ignacio García-Aceves.[5]

The bullring was remodeled in 1979 and since that year is called Nuevo Progreso.

In 1990, Espectáculos Taurinos de México, Sociedad Anónima (ETMSA), a company which a few years ago changed its name to Espectáculos Monterrey, Sociedad Anónima (EMSA)[6][7] and was led by the nowadays deceased Mexican billionaire Alberto Baillères, purchased the bullring.[8]

References

1. "Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso - Guadalajara". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
2. Planet, Lonely. "Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso in Guadalajara, Mexico". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
3. "Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
4. "La Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso" (in Spanish). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
5. "50 Aniversario de la Plaza de Toros La Monumental, ahora Nuevo Progreso" (in Spanish). 2 May 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
6. "Fallece el reconocido empresario y ganadero don Alberto Bailleres González (The Renowned Businessman and Cattle Breeder Alberto Bailleres González Dies" (in Spanish). Super Channel 12. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
7. "Parten plaza en La Luz (They Make the Processional Entrance of the Bullfighters at the Bullring La Luz)". El Heraldo de León (in Spanish). 11 December 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
8. Jiménez Cano, Rosa (31 January 2017). "El Nuevo Progreso de Guadalajara celebra 50 años". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2020.