Estadio Hidalgo

Long before Pachuca became a fixture in CONCACAF finals, the ground had already settled its identity. Unlike stadiums renamed for sponsors or rebuilt under a new banner, Estadio Hidalgo has kept the same name — honouring independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla — since ground was broken in the Los Jales district in July 1992. Locals call it El Huracán.

The venue opened on 14 February 1993 with a 0-2 defeat to Pumas UNAM, hardly a sign of what followed. Every CONCACAF Champions' Cup or Champions' League final staged here — in 2007, 2009-10 and 2016-17 — ended with Pachuca lifting the trophy, a run that held again in 2024, when the hosts closed it out 3-0 against Columbus Crew.

Management passed to Grupo Pachuca in 1999. By August 2004, plastic seating had been installed throughout, a roof went up over every stand, and the boxes and locker rooms were upgraded; Pelé watched the reopening, in which Pumas UNAM were beaten 2-1. A second phase of work, ahead of the 2011 Under-17 World Cup, modernised the floodlights, widened the parking and took down the perimeter fencing that had ringed the pitch. The stadium hosted nine matches of that tournament.

Its listed capacity is 25,922, yet the record crowd belongs to the women's game: 28,955 came through the gates on 2 November 2017 for the first leg of the Liga MX Femenil final against Guadalajara, filling the ground beyond its official limit.