Nou Mestalla
| Estadio Nou Mestalla | |
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| Construction site of the Nou Mestalla in March 2013 | |
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 Valencia , Spain
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| Coordinates | 39 ° 29 '22.6 " N , 0 ° 23' 47.5" W |
| owner | Valencia CF |
| start of building | August 1, 2007 |
| opening | 2022 (planned) |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Reid Fenwick Asociados y Arup |
| capacity | 55,000 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Nou Mestalla ( Valencian Nou Mestalla , Spanish Nuevo Mestalla ) is a football stadium under construction in the Spanish city of Valencia . Construction began in 2007 but had to be stopped in February 2009 due to financial problems. It is owned by Valencia CF and is set to become their future home ground. The stadium architects are Reid Fenwick Asociados and ArupSport.
history
Work began in August 2007 and should be completed in August 2010. However, due to financial difficulties of the club due to the global financial crisis , there was a construction freeze in early 2009. In December 2011, Valencia CF announced an agreement with the Spanish credit institution Bankia that would allow the club to resume operations. The stadium should therefore be completed in 2013.
Since Bankia was in dire straits as a result of the Spanish financial crisis, its loan in the three-digit million range was withdrawn from Valencia CF in September 2012. In August 2014, new loan conditions were announced that should enable the stadium to be completed. In order to reduce costs, the capacity is to be reduced to 62,000 places. By reducing the commercial space and the external facade as well as the roofing, the costs are to be reduced from approx. 344 million euros to 200 million euros. The arena should also be usable for athletics competitions.
The new stadium will be built on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas in the Benicalap district on a former industrial site at the Beniferri metro station . Nearby is the Palau de Congressos de València, opened in 1998, and the 20-meter-high sculpture by Manolo Valdés - La Dama Iberica .
On October 3, 2017, Valencia CF announced that the stadium construction should be completed by May 2021.
In mid-April 2019, General Director Mateu Alemany said at a press conference that the sale of the site on which the Estadio Mestalla is located was about to be completed. With the proceeds, the construction of the Nou Mestalla should be continued. The current schedule provides for a completion date for the start of the season 2022/23. The capacity was reduced from an initial 75,000 spectators to 61,500 spectators. The total cost of the construction is difficult to estimate.
In March 2020, Valencia CF suffered another setback in its stadium project. ADU Mediterráneo withdrew from the exclusive agreement on the sale of the old stadium area. The almost certain sale would have brought the club around 115 to 120 million euros. The apartments that were to be built there were already reserved. According to the club, ADU Mediterráneo can no longer meet the agreed purchase conditions. The company can still buy the stadium grounds, but they no longer have the exclusive rights. In the current situation, the association could not wait for ADU Mediterráneo to make the investment. Valencia CF is again looking for a buyer. Since the construction freeze in 2009, a total of five club presidents have tried to get the project going again. In the meantime, the number of seats has been reduced from the original 75,000 to 55,000. As many as in the old Estadio Mestalla.
Web links
- Official website of the Nou Mestalla ( Memento of November 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- stadiumdb.com: Nou Mestalla (English)
- worldstadiums.com: Nou Mestalla (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ When will the Nou Mestalla be finished? Stadionwelt, April 28, 2010, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Zaragoza with 145 million in the chalk. "Historic day": Valencia plans stadium completion. kicker online, December 12, 2011, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Bank withdraws loan from Valencia CF. Perform Media Deutschland GmbH, September 22, 2012, accessed on November 20, 2012 .
- ↑ La Dama Ibérica. VALECIABLOG.com, February 21, 2007, accessed November 20, 2012 (Spanish).
- ↑ stadionwelt.de: Hope for the Nou Mestalla? Article dated October 4, 2017
- ↑ Valencia CF: Stadium construction will probably continue. In: stadionwelt.de. April 18, 2019, accessed April 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Setback for Valencia's stadium plans. In: stadionwelt.de. March 31, 2020, accessed March 31, 2020 .