The Espacio Cultural Metropolitano also known as METRO is located on the margins of the Laguna del Carpintero, less than a kilometer away from the Tampico's Historical Downtown and could be reached through the Adolfo López Matéos Boulevard.

Inside its installations it houses the Metropolitan Theater, an experimental theater, the Temporary Exhibits Gallery and the Museo de la Cultura Huasteca (Museum of the Huasteca Culture) in addition to the lobby, the library; educational services area, covered parking and an area for 3,500 people in conjunction with a restaurant and a lounge bar.

The Metropolitan Theater has a capacity for 1,172 people in two levels, in addition to 10 spaces for handicapped people. It has the cutting edge technology that includes a modern lighting system.

The Experimental Theater is site for the "Taller de Artes Escénicas", it has a capacity for 320 people, and allows due to its module structure, for vide sessions, movie clubs, poetry forums, "pocket theater", music concerts, and several other types of encounters.

The Gallery of Temporary Exhibits has a capacity to receive and meet the technical requirements requested by the museums around the world to support a wide variety of domestic and international exhibits.