The Los Cabos municipal government will build five five-a-side soccer fields across the municipality as part of a tri-level government collaboration. INDEM (the Municipal Sports Institute) and social development officials signed the agreement, which places new pitches in San José del Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, and the nearby community of Santa Cruz.
Three of the five fields will go up in San José del Cabo, near the elevated tank park in the Villas de Cortés neighborhood and in the Vista Hermosa area. One field will be built in the Paraíso del Pacífico neighborhood of Cabo San Lucas, and another in Santa Cruz. The municipality already holds the land for all five sites, and construction has begun at some locations.
Professional Turf, Lighting, and Fencing at Each Site
Each field will feature professional synthetic turf, lighting for nighttime play, and perimeter fencing. The estimated cost per field is 3 million pesos (roughly $150,000 USD), bringing the total project budget to about 15 million pesos ($750,000 USD).
The project has backing from three levels of government: Los Cabos Municipal President Christian Agúndez Gómez, Baja California Sur Governor Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. Officials described the effort as part of a broader national push to expand sports infrastructure in underserved communities.
Part of a Wider BCS Sports Push
The Los Cabos fields are not the only new soccer facilities coming to Baja California Sur. A separate state program called “Mundial Social,” coordinated by INSUDE (the Sudcaliforniano Sports Institute), aims to create or rehabilitate 24 soccer fields across all five municipalities in the state. That initiative, announced in February 2026, carries an initial investment of 2 million pesos and is tied to Mexico’s preparations as a co-host of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The neighborhoods selected for the Los Cabos project, including Vista Hermosa, Villas de Cortés, and Paraíso del Pacífico, are primarily residential areas that have long lacked dedicated public sports facilities. Lit fields with synthetic turf will allow organized play well into the evening hours, a practical benefit in a region where daytime temperatures regularly exceed 30°C (86°F) for much of the year.
No completion timeline has been announced, though municipal officials confirmed that work is already underway at some sites. The original announcement was published by the Los Cabos municipal government at loscabos.gob.mx.