Nou Mestalla

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Nou Mestalla is a football stadium under construction in Valencia, Spain for Valencia CF. Work began in August 2007, and is due to be completed in 2009. The stadium will also be capable of hosting athletics. The stadium will have a capacity of 75,000. It replaces their current stadium Estadio Mestalla. The stadium architects are ArupSport,and the cost is estimated between 250 and 300 million euros. The ground will have a futuristic exterior, clad in aluminium and interior of wood.

The proposed stadium development is on wasteground on the site of a former factory in the neighbourhood of Benicalap, around 3 miles west of Valencia city centre. It will be one of the largest stadia in Europe when opened.

[edit] Accident

On 26 May 2008 four construction workers lost their lives following the collapse of some scaffolding on the Nou Mestalla site. At midday on 28 May trades union UGT and CC.OO. called a five minute silence for the tragedy, which was observed throughout the Valencian region in all sectors of industry.^[1]

Coordinates: 39°29′22″N 0°23′47″W / 39.48944, -0.39639