San Mamés (2013)
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| place | Rafael Moreno Pitxitxi, s / n 48013 Bilbao , Spain
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 15 '51.2 " N , 2 ° 56' 57.6" W |
| classification | 4th |
| owner | Sociedad San Mamés Barria |
| start of building | June 25, 2010 |
| opening | 16th September 2013 |
| Renovations | 2016 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | 173 million euros |
| architect | César Azkarate |
| capacity | 53,289 seats |
| Capacity (internat.) | 50,000 seats |
| playing area | 105 m × 68 m |
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The Estadio de San Mamés is a football stadium in the Spanish city of Bilbao in the Basque Country Autonomous Community . It has been the new home ground of the first division team Athletic Bilbao since 2013 and the second team Athletic Bilbao B , which currently plays in the third-class Segunda Division B , since 2015 . The new stadium was built right next to the old San Mamés from 1913.
Planning
According to the plans, three stands of the new stadium were built right next to the old San Mamés. The old San Mamés was then torn down in order to build the missing fourth grandstand in the same place. The stadium capacity is 53,289 spectators, but can be increased to 58,000. Internationally, a capacity of 50,000 viewers is available.
history
The new building project was already decided in 2006. The first groundbreaking took place on May 26, 2010 in the presence and a. of the Basque Prime Minister Patxi López and the Mayor of Bilbao Iñaki Azkuna. On September 16, 2013, the new home of Athletic Bilbao was inaugurated.
On August 14, 2015, Athletic met FC Barcelona in front of their own audience in the first leg of the Supercopa de España . Bilbao beat Barça 4-0 and laid the foundation for winning the Spanish Supercup.
At the World Architecture Festival 2015 in Singapore , the Estadio de San Mamés was named the best new sports building in the world .
In April 2016, work began to reduce the size of the opening in the roof, as thousands of spectators complained about the poor protection from rain and wind. The club also considered a closable roof, but the effort and costs spoke against it, as well as the poorer conditions for the natural grass field. According to the regulations, the seats in the stadium were 100% covered. The opening in the roof was added, strained with steel cables, ETFE - membranes m² reduced to 4,000 from 8,000. The cost was around 12 million euros.
On April 3, 2017 it was announced that the final of the European Rugby Champions Cup 2017/18 will take place in San Mamés . On May 12, 2018, Rugby and Racing 92 (15:12) met at San Mamés Leinster . For the first time a final of a European rugby competition took place in Spain.
European football championship 2021
The San Mamés was selected as one of twelve European stadiums for the 2021 European Football Championship in September 2014 . The stadium is intended for three group matches and one match in the round of 16:
| Mon. June 14, 2021, 9:00 p.m. - Group E | |||
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Spain
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 Sweden
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| Sat., June 19, 2021, 9:00 p.m. - Group E | |||
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Spain
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 Poland
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| Wed., June 23, 2021, 6:00 p.m. - Group E | |||
 Play-off winner B |
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Spain
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| Sun., June 27, 2021, 9:00 p.m. - Round of 16 | |||
| First group B | - | Third group A / D / E / F | -: - (- :-) |
costs
The cost of building the stadium came to around 198.1 million euros. They are distributed among several donors; who also jointly own the stadium. The Athletic Bilbao association, like the Basque government, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and the Sparkasse Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa (BBK), are contributing 50 million euros to the construction. The city of Bilbao is contributing 12 million euros.
gallery
Aerial photo from July 2014
Guns n 'Roses concert on May 31, 2017
The facade of the stadium in September 2017
The converted roof structure in September 2017
Final in the European Rugby Champions Cup 2017/18
Web links
- athletic-club.eus: Stadium on the club's official website (Spanish)
- stadiumdb.com: San Mamés Barria (English)
- stadiumguide.com: Estadio San Mamés (English)
- setlist.fm: concert list of the San Mamés (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Comienzan las obras del nuevo campo on athletic-club.net (Spanish)
- ↑ a b UEFA EURO 2020 Evaluation Report
- ↑ deia.eus: San Mamés, elegido como el mejor edificio deportivo del mundo de nueva construcción article of November 5, 2015 ()
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: Bilbao: San Mamés roof expansion begins Article of April 10, 2016 (English)
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: Bilbao: Extended San Mamés roof coming in autumn Article from July 11, 2016 (English)
- ↑ epcrugby.com: Match Report ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ theguardian.com: European rugby finals to be staged in Bilbao in 2018 and Newcastle in 2019 Article from April 3, 2017
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: Euro 2020: UEFA's safe choice of hosts article from September 19, 2014
- ↑ de.uefa.com: Wembley to host the UEFA EURO 2020 final Article from 19 September 2014
