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Museo Maya de Cancún (Sport & Ball Game)

Cancún, Quintana Roo

About Museo Maya de Cancún (Sport & Ball Game)

The excellent Museo Maya de Cancún contains exhibits on the ancient Maya ball game—a sport played for at least 3,500 years that is arguably the world's oldest recorded ball game tradition. The ritual, competitive, and cosmological dimensions of the Mesoamerican ball game speak to every modern football fan's sense of sport as something bigger than mere competition. A visit before an Atlante match connects Mexico's deep sporting history to its modern football culture.

Located in Cancún.

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Chichén Itzá — Maya Ballcourt Pilgrimage — Attraction
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Chichén Itzá — Maya Ballcourt Pilgrimage

The Great Ball Court at Chichén Itzá — 166 metres long, 68 metres wide, with vertical stone rings through which the rubber ball had to pass — is the largest and best-preserved Mesoamerican ballcourt in the world and a place of profound significance for any sports fan who understands that organized ball sport in the Americas is thousands of years older than European football. The day-trip from Cancún to Chichén Itzá passes through the Yucatán countryside and culminates in one of the world's seven wonders of the modern world. Standing on the Great Ball Court at sunrise before the tourist crowds arrive is a transcendent sports-history experience.
Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo (Atlante FC) — Attraction
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Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo (Atlante FC)

The home of Atlante FC in the Caribbean coast city is a uniquely exotic football venue where Liga de Expansión matches take place with the Yucatán jungle as backdrop and Caribbean sea breezes drifting through the stands. Atlante's historic Liga MX era is recalled in the stadium displays and the club's fan community maintains strong attachment to the historic identity. The tourism industry has brought an international fan element to home matches rarely seen at this level of Mexican football.

About Museo Maya de Cancún (Sport & Ball Game)

The excellent Museo Maya de Cancún contains exhibits on the ancient Maya ball game—a sport played for at least 3,500 years that is arguably the world's oldest recorded ball game tradition. The ritual, competitive, and cosmological dimensions of the Mesoamerican ball game speak to every modern football fan's sense of sport as something bigger than mere competition. A visit before an Atlante match connects Mexico's deep sporting history to its modern football culture.

Museo Maya de Cancún (Sport & Ball Game) is located in Cancún, Quintana Roo.