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La Ciudad Deportiva is an urban park in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. It is roughly bounded by the Tecnológico avenue, the Pacual Orozco avenue, and the Divisón del Norte avenue. It is one the most visited urban parks in the capital, with ten thousand people going on a daily basis. In terms of area, La Ciudad Deportiva covers 30 hectares.

Description
La Ciudad Deportiva is one of the main green areas of the City of Chihuahua, with a large history of about 70 years giving space for physical activities through generations. Nowadays it has a clay circuit around its perimeter, with a length of two kilometers, as well as a concrete closed cycle for those who want to walk. It has various green areas, an olympic pool, outdoor basketball, fronton and tennis courts, a cycle path, the olympic stadium, a gym, several children’s play areas, and a baseball and american football fields. Also the park counts with 30 hectares of surface out of which 18 are green areas, with a parking lot with a six hundred vehicle capacity.

Activities
This is a place for sports events such as: pedestrian races, swimming competitions, athletism, football, basketball, volleyball, handball, rugby, hockey, weightlifting, karate, and also special sports. Apart of the sport areas, there is also functional areas for cultural events, such as: dancing classes, concerts, art exhibitions. There is also instalations for recreational activities for childrens to old people, like “El Jardín del Abuelo” (senior citizens centre) and “el Jardín del Niño”(children citizens centre), where many activities are offered to the public.

Wildlife
In the park you can find a plethora of flora, with around seven thousand trees of thirty eight types of species.

History
It was the year 1946 when the first sketch for the edification of the olympic stadium in the City of Chihuahua, which time later was decorated in the top of the building with a statue of Discobolus, representing the strength and dedication to the sports from the greeks, with an athletic physiology. Over the years it has been constantly remodeled to stay in good conditions.