"Believe it or not, Nogales, Sonora was once a hotbed of bullfight
afición. For decades, the Nogales Plaza de Toros hosted the world's
best toreros, who performed the corrida for large enthusiastic
audiences. Aficionados from both sides of the border, including such
celebrities as John Wayne and Lee Marvin, regularly packed the Plaza
to watch performances by the great Carlos Arruza, local boy Diego
O'Bolger and others.
Sadly, things have changed. After lying unused for years, the Nogales
Plaza hosted a passionate but poorly attended corrida in 1999 and
quickly fell back into disuse. That same year, in a questionable
business decision, a second bullring was built. An elaborate but
unwieldy domed structure possessing none of the old Plaza's charm, the
new ring hosted only a handful of fights that attracted
disappointingly small audiences.
Now, for aficionados, Nogales is a ghost town. The lovely, decrepit
old Plaza lies dormant, as does the newer, much less romantic indoor
plaza. Gone are the cheap, charming bullfight posters that once
plastered every wall in town. The rubbish blowing through the streets
includes no bullfight boletos, no programas de la corrida."
From: j baker
Subject: bullfights in Nogales?
Newsgroups: alt.culture.bullfight
Date: 2004-05-31 23:14:39 PST
Probably been asked here before,but anyone know if there are still
bullfights in Nogales, Mexico?
jb
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