MAPFRE Stadium

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outdoor stadium soccer-specific stadium sports venue

MAPFRE Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Columbus, Ohio, best known as the longtime home of the Columbus Crew and the first purpose-built venue for Major League Soccer.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mapfre Stadium	6
MAPFRE Stadium canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2662537 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MAPFRE Stadium
Context triple: [MLS Cup 2015, stadium, MAPFRE Stadium]

A. Estadio BBVA
Estadio BBVA is a modern football stadium in Monterrey, Mexico, best known as the home ground of Liga MX club C.F. Monterrey and for hosting major domestic and international matches.
B. RCDE Stadium
RCDE Stadium is a modern football stadium in Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain, serving as the home ground of La Liga club RCD Espanyol.
C. Estadio Sausalito
Estadio Sausalito is a football stadium in Viña del Mar, Chile, best known internationally for hosting matches during the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
D. Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero is a major multi-purpose stadium in Cali, Colombia, best known for hosting football matches and international sporting events.
E. Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Mexico City best known for hosting top-flight Mexican football matches, including those of Cruz Azul for many years.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MAPFRE Stadium
Target entity description: MAPFRE Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Columbus, Ohio, best known as the longtime home of the Columbus Crew and the first purpose-built venue for Major League Soccer.

A. Estadio BBVA
Estadio BBVA is a modern football stadium in Monterrey, Mexico, best known as the home ground of Liga MX club C.F. Monterrey and for hosting major domestic and international matches.
B. RCDE Stadium
RCDE Stadium is a modern football stadium in Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain, serving as the home ground of La Liga club RCD Espanyol.
C. Estadio Sausalito
Estadio Sausalito is a football stadium in Viña del Mar, Chile, best known internationally for hosting matches during the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
D. Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero is a major multi-purpose stadium in Cali, Colombia, best known for hosting football matches and international sporting events.
E. Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Mexico City best known for hosting top-flight Mexican football matches, including those of Cruz Azul for many years.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	outdoor stadium ⓘ soccer-specific stadium ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
brokeGround	1998 ⓘ
builtFor	Major League Soccer ⓘ
capacity	approximately 20,000 ⓘ
city	Columbus ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distinction	first soccer-specific stadium in MLS ⓘ
feature	permanent stage for concerts ⓘ roofed seating on west and east stands ⓘ video scoreboard ⓘ
formerName	Columbus Crew Stadium ⓘ
hasLighting	stadium floodlights ⓘ
hasScoreboard	yes ⓘ
hasSeatingType	bleacher seating ⓘ individual seats ⓘ
homeTeam	Columbus Crew ⓘ
hostedCompetition	FIFA World Cup qualification matches ⓘ Major League Soccer playoff matches ⓘ Major League Soccer regular-season matches ⓘ U.S. Open Cup matches ⓘ United States men’s national soccer team matches ⓘ
leagueOfTenant	Major League Soccer ⓘ
locatedInComplex	Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds ⓘ
location	Columbus, Ohio ⓘ surface form: Columbus, Ohio, United States
nickname	The Fortress ⓘ The Nordecke (for supporters’ section area) ⓘ
notableEvent	frequent venue for USA vs. Mexico World Cup qualifiers ⓘ
opened	1999 ⓘ
operator	Columbus Crew ⓘ
owner	Columbus Crew ⓘ
primaryTenantFrom	1999 ⓘ
primaryTenantUntil	2021 ⓘ
primaryUse	soccer matches ⓘ
publicTransit	Central Ohio Transit Authority ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
replacedByAsHomeStadiumOfColumbusCrew	Lower.com Field ⓘ
significance	first purpose-built stadium for Major League Soccer ⓘ
sponsor	MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp. ⓘ
sponsorshipType	naming rights ⓘ
sport	soccer ⓘ
state	Ohio ⓘ
surface	natural grass ⓘ
tenant	Columbus Crew ⓘ
use	concerts ⓘ other sporting events ⓘ

How these facts were elicited