Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán

Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán was a stadium in Ciudad Obregón, Mexico. It was primarily used for baseball and served as the home stadium for Yaquis de Obregón. It holds 13,000 people.

The stadium was inaugurated on 12 July 1971.^[1] Yaquis player Joakim Soria pitched a perfect game against the Naranjeros de Hermosillo on 9 December 2006.^[2]

A new baseball venue, the Estadio Yaquis, was inaugurated on 12 October 2016, by then-governor of Sonora, Claudia Pavlovich Arellano.^[3] The Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán was purchased by the federal government in 2020 for more than MXN$400 million.^[4] It was subsequently remodeled and used as a baseball academy.^[5]

References

1. Sosa, Oviel (12 July 2023). "Tomás Oroz Gaytán, inmueble que dejó un legado" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
2. "Una joya histórica". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 11 December 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
3. "Gobernadora lanza primera bola". El Imparcial (in Spanish). 13 October 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
4. López, Eduardo (16 April 2021). "El gobierno federal consumó la compra del Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán en 434 mdp". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2023.
5. Mondragon, Emmanuel (27 September 2023). "¿Qué pasó con el Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán antigua casa de los Yaquis?". Tribuna.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2023.

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