Rift over Handling Public Events in Mexico City Has Bullfighting on Hold.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: June 24, 2003 | Copyright information

By Jenalia Moreno, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 24--MEXICO CITY--Bullfighting has long been as much a part of Mexican culture as te...uila and tacos.

For decades after it was built in 1946, the Plaza Mexico filled its 42,000 seats almost every Sunday during bullfighting season. Spectators crowded into the world's biggest bullring to scream ole! as they witnessed another beast's demise.

But a clash between the opera...

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