Iztapasauria

Iztapasauria
Entrance, 2022
Interactive map of Iztapasauria
Coordinates19°20′39″N 99°02′53″W / 19.34417°N 99.04806°W / 19.34417; -99.04806
StatusOperating
Opened4 December 2021 (2021-12-04)
OwnerGovernment of Iztapalapa
ThemeDinosaurs

Iztapasauria (also branded as IztapaSauria) is a free-entry dinosaur theme park in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. It opened on 4 December 2021 inside the Deportivo Utopía Santa Cruz Meyehualco sports complex. The theme park has several green areas decorated as a Mesozoic jungle in which there are thirteen animatronic dinosaurs.

History and construction

An Ankylosaurus animatronic

Experts from UNAM's Institute of Geology contributed to the planning of the park. The complete rehabilitation of the sports center, which included the installation of the theme park, cost 100 million pesos. The rehabilitation and installation was requested by Clara Brugada, the head of the borough's office, and was inaugurated on 4 December 2021. Among the animatronics are species of Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Omeisaurus, Irritator, Carnotaurus and Brontosaurus.

The Deportivo Santa Cruz Meyehualco sports complex was later renovated and transformed into Utopía Meyehualco, a cultural and recreational center of which Iztapasauria became a part. It has an area of 150,000 square meters (1,600,000 sq ft). The complex includes an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a gymnasium, sports courts, a music school, a coffee shop, an auditorium, a velodrome, athletics tracks, a women's spa, and a senior center.

Brugada announced in 2025 a spin-off amusement park, planned to be placed in the borough of Coyoacán, and projected to be named Coyosauria. It would also include dinosaur figures, and it is planned to be built in an area measuring almost 5,000 square meters (54,000 sq ft) in the neighborhood of Santa Úrsula Coapa.

References

  1. ↑ "'De Iztapalapa para el mundo': 'IztapaSauria' abre sus puertas para los amantes de los dinosaurios". El Financiero (in Spanish). 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Dinosaurios 'invaden' CDMX: así es Iztapasauria, el nuevo parque jurásico en Iztapalapa". Infobae (in Spanish). 5 December 2021. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Navarro, Carlos (4 December 2021). "Inauguran Iztapasauria con más de 20 réplicas de dinosaurios". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "¡Rawwwr! 🦖 Abre IztapaSauria; estas son todas las atracciones 🦕". Chilango (in Spanish). 4 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Iztapasauria. ¿Cómo llegar al parque de dinosaurios?". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. 8 June 2022. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Osorno, Lorely (23 August 2025). "¿Fan de los dinosaurios? Así puedes llegar al parque GRATUITO en CdMx". Milenio. Mexico City. Archived from the original on 20 October 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Martínez, Mariana L. (17 July 2025). "El parque jurásico que puedes visitar gratis en la CDMX". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  8. ↑ Mundo, Rocío (6 May 2025). "Así será Coyosauria, el nuevo parque jurásico en CDMX". Infobae (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 July 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2026.