What this section covers. Things to do rather than look at: sport, exercise, amusement parks, games and the city's own particular forms of entertainment.
The two that are unmistakably Mexican. Lucha libre at the Arena México on a Friday or the Arena Coliseo on a Saturday — masks, storylines, families in the stands, cheap tickets and a tradition going back to the 1930s. And charrería, the national sport and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, practised in neighbourhood rings across the south and east, where the women's escaramuza — eight riders side-saddle at a gallop — is the part that stops people in their tracks.
Football. The Estadio Azteca, the only ground to have hosted two World Cup finals, and the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, a 1952 building with a Diego Rivera relief and a World Heritage listing. The league runs July to May.
Parks and games. Six Flags México, the largest amusement park in Latin America, on the Ajusco road; bowling and pool halls across the city; skateparks; and the public deportivos, which charge almost nothing.
Free and outdoors. Sunday on Paseo de la Reforma, closed to traffic for cyclists, runners and open-air zumba — and Ecobici, which works well across the central neighbourhoods.
Practical notes. Buy tickets through official channels. For the Azteca and the Autódromo use public transport: the car parks take hours to empty.
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