Estadio Vallehermoso

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Estadio Vallehermoso
Estadio Vallehermoso at the end of August 2019.
Estadio Vallehermoso at the end of August 2019
Data
place SpainSpain Madrid , Spain
Coordinates 40 ° 26 '30.1 "  N , 3 ° 42' 36"  W Coordinates: 40 ° 26 '30.1 "  N , 3 ° 42' 36"  W.
owner City of Madrid
start of building 1957
opening April 4, 1961
Renovations 2008-2019
demolition 2008
costs 15.5 million € (new building 2017)
architect Manuel Herrero Palacios (1957)
Estudio Cano Lasso (2008)
capacity 10,000 places (from 2019)
12,000 places (1961–2008)
playing area Natural grass
Events

The Estadio Vallehermoso is an athletics stadium in the Spanish capital, Madrid . From 1961 to 2008 there was a competition site on the property , also called the Estadio Vallehermoso . In the 1970s , it was the home ground of the Rayo Vallecano football club . Mainly, however, the facility was the venue for athletics .

geography

Geographical location

The Estadio Vallehermoso is located in the center of Madrid, in the Vallehermoso district of the same name , which in turn is part of the Chamberí district .

Transport links

The stadium can be reached by public transport with the metro lines 1 , 2 , 6 and 7 via the nearby stations Islas Filipinas , Guzmán el Bueno , Cuatro Caminos and Canal as well as with the bus lines 2, 3, 12, 37, 44, 45, 149, C2, F, N21 and N23 can be reached.

history

First stadium

The original Estadio Vallehermoso was designed by Madrid architect Manuel Herrero Palacios as an athletics stadium with a capacity of around 12,000 spectators. Construction began in 1957 and the official opening took place on April 4, 1961 during the XIII Juegos Escolares Nacionales (13th National Youth Games). At that time, the Estadio Vallehermoso was the largest competition venue for athletics in the Spanish capital and thus also the venue for numerous national and international major events. The II. Ibero-American Athletics Games took place in the Estadio Vallehermoso as early as October 1962 . The Spanish athletics championships from 1964 to 1972 as well as 1974, 1976, 1978 and 1986 were held here. In 1979 and since 1984 every year, the Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) organizes the International Athletics Meeting Madrid. The venue for this event, which was at times prestigious, was the Estadio Vallehermoso from its foundation until 1990. A remarkable chapter in sports history was written on June 4, 1987 at the Estadio Vallehermoso, when the 400-meter hurdler Edwin Moses lost in the course of the athletics meeting in Madrid after nine years, nine months and nine days and 122 races in a row he was undefeated against his fellow countryman Danny Harris .

In addition to its use as an athletics stadium, the competition site was used as the home stadium from 1972 and until the inauguration of the Nuevo Estadio Vallecas in 1976 by the Madrid football club Rayo Vallecano. Sporadic games of the Spanish national rugby team were also played here, such as the last victory of the Iberians against Italy with 10: 3 on December 17, 1977 in the course of the European Championship and a 19:28 defeat in a friendly against Argentina on November 23, 1982.

With the opening of the Estadio de Madrid , a more modern and much larger athletics stadium with a capacity of 20,500 spectators, in 1994, the Estadio Vallehermoso became increasingly less important. In the course of the application of the city of Madrid for the 2012 Olympic Games , the Estadio de Madrid, which was to serve as the Olympic stadium, was closed due to the planned expansion. From 2005 to 2007 the Estadio Vallehermoso once again served as the venue for the Madrid Athletics Meeting. Following this, the Estadio Vallehermoso was also shut down in the summer of 2007. According to the planning of the city administration, it should be demolished to make way for a new stadium and a sports hall.

Demolition and new construction

In 2008, the demolition of the Estadio Vallehermoso began. At the beginning of 2009 this was completed and the construction pit for the new building had already been excavated. However, Madrid's unsuccessful application for the 2016 Olympic Games and the onset of the economic and financial crises , which hit Spain particularly hard, led to the new construction plans being shut down. The site then lay fallow for a long time. In 2011, the city of Madrid leased part of the land for 40 years to Ingesport , who built a sports hall, fitness and wellness areas as well as swimming pools and paddle courts there by 2014 . However, the area on which the athletics stadium was to be built was still fallow. In the meantime, the city of Madrid had stopped its Olympic ambitions and the Estadio de Madrid (now Wanda Metropolitano ) had been sold to Atlético Madrid and converted into a pure football stadium. As a result, the city did not have a single track and field facility suitable for major events. In 2017, the decision was finally made to carry out the original project with a few modifications, e.g. a planned underground car park was ultimately not implemented. The architect's office Estudio Cano Lasso , which had designed the Madrid Arena , among other things, was responsible for the construction plans . Construction work began on April 3, 2018 and was completed in summer 2019. On August 25th of this year the Athletics Meeting Madrid took place again after 12 years in the Estadio Vallehermoso.

Structure and capacity

The Estadio Vallehermoso has a capacity of around 10,000 spectators, all of them in partially covered seats. The stadium has an eight-lane arena and other individual facilities for athletics competitions. As flooring are natural grass as landing zones for throwing and cannons and plastic coating in green color. In addition, there is a covered 75 × 12 m long running track above the west stand for the purpose of training and warming up.

Picture gallery

  • Estadio Vallehermoso under construction (June 2019)

  • Covered warm-up lane over the west stand.

  • East and south stands with a view of the sports and fitness halls in the background.

  • Electronic scoreboard.

Web links

Commons : Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cementerio de San Martín / Estadio Vallehermoso (Madrid). In: Urban Idade. August 9, 2012, Retrieved June 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. ^ A b Web oficial Meeting de Madrid. In: rfea.es. Retrieved June 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ La pista cargada de leyenda. In: El Mundo . May 18, 2015, accessed June 10, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ No day like any other: The end of an incredible winning streak. In: Eurosport.de . June 4, 2019, accessed June 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ El Rayo Proyecta un nuevo estadio de Villa de Vallecas. In: As . June 30, 2009, Retrieved June 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ Carmena abre la puerta a un estadio fetiche de rugby para España: Vallehermoso. In: elconfidencial.com. January 26, 2017, Retrieved June 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  7. ^ Adiós al Estadio Vallehermoso. In: El Mundo . October 15, 2008, Retrieved June 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  8. ↑ Autorización concedida para el Estado de Vallehermoso. In: madridesmadrid.com. October 8, 2009, Retrieved June 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  9. ↑ ¿Quién está detrás del mayor gimnasio de España? In: expansion.com. May 28, 2014, Retrieved June 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  10. ↑ Fin al "agujero de Vallehermoso" on the 3rd of April. In: somoschamberi.es. March 14, 2018, accessed June 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  11. ↑ Reabre el estadio de Vallehermoso doce años después con la celebración del 'Meeting' de Madrid. In: El País . August 25, 2019, Retrieved August 28, 2019 (Spanish).
  12. ↑ Vallehermoso ultima su cubierta para reabrir el estadio en mayo tras 11 años. In: ABC . March 23, 2019, accessed June 9, 2019 (Spanish).