Qualla: Bullring by the Sea https://qualla.com/bullring-by-the-sea en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/bullring-by-the-sea-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Bullring by the Sea https://qualla.com/bullring-by-the-sea Bullring by the Sea: Introduction https://qualla.com/bullring-by-the-sea/ Photo credit Toksave, CC BY-SA 3.0. From the air, the border between the United States and Mexico cuts a clean line along the bluffs above the Pacific. To the north: the quiet beach community of Imperial Beach, California. To the south, just 60 meters past that line: a bullring. The Plaza Monumental de Tijuana, known in English as the Bullring by the Sea, holds 21,621 people and has been part of Tijuana's identity since it opened on June 26, 1960. It is an arena in which two cultures collide not metaphorically but architecturally, a structure that could only exist exactly where it does.

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/bullring-by-the-sea-wp/9mu9-bullring-by-the-sea-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Bullring by the Sea: Built in 90 Days https://qualla.com/bullring-by-the-sea/ Photo credit JamesReyes at en.wikipedia, Public domain. The speed of the Plaza Monumental's construction was itself a story. Owner Salvatore Hurtado contracted with Raymundo Muzquiz Ayala, who accomplished the task in 90 days by using prefabricated concrete blocks manufactured in San Diego and assembled across the border in Tijuana. T...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/bullring-by-the-sea-wp/9mu9-bullring-by-the-sea-built-in-90-days.mp3 0:06 2 full Bullring by the Sea: Bullfighting Across the Dial https://qualla.com/bullring-by-the-sea/ Photo credit Panarria, CC BY-SA 3.0. During the 1960s and 1970s, bullfights at the Plaza Monumental were broadcast in Spanish to audiences in Los Angeles. The sport had significant cultural resonance in Southern California's large Mexican and Mexican-American communities. American bullfighter Sidney Franklin — one o...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/bullring-by-the-sea-wp/9mu9-bullring-by-the-sea-bullfighting-across-the-dial.mp3 0:06 3 full Bullring by the Sea: The Tijuana Pop Festival of 1968 https://qualla.com/bullring-by-the-sea/ Photo credit RightCowLeftCoast, CC BY-SA 4.0. On October 13, 1968 — exactly eleven days after the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City — promoters attempted to stage the Tijuana Pop Festival at the bullring. The lineup was ambitious: the Animals, Iron Butterfly, Chicago Transit Authority, and others. The Animals and Iron Butte...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/bullring-by-the-sea-wp/9mu9-bullring-by-the-sea-the-tijuana-pop-festival-of-1968.mp3 0:06 4 full Bullring by the Sea: The Arena Today https://qualla.com/bullring-by-the-sea/ Photo credit Ramsés Reyes from México DF, México, CC BY 2.0. The Plaza Monumental continues to host bullfighting as well as boxing matches, concerts, and cultural events. Tijuana's bullring sits in a city that has changed enormously since 1960 — from a border town defined by day-trippers seeking inexpensive entertainment to a complex metro...

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