Estadio La Peineta

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La Peineta
La Peineta ("The Comb")
Full name Estadio de la Comunidad
Location Madrid, Spain
Coordinates 40°26′10″N 3°35′58″W / 40.43611°N 3.59944°W / 40.43611; -3.59944Coordinates: 40°26′10″N 3°35′58″W / 40.43611°N 3.59944°W / 40.43611; -3.59944
Opened 1994
Renovated 2011-2015
Owner Atlético Madrid
Architect Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
General contractor FCC
Capacity 20,000 (current)[1]
70,000 (after expansion)
Tenants
Atlético de Madrid (starting in 2015) Bids for the UEFA Euro 2020

Estadio La Peineta, officially known as Estadio Olímpico de Madrid, is a stadium in Madrid, Spain. It is currently under reconstruction in order to become the new stadium of the football club Atlético Madrid. The stadium will replace Vicente Calderón Stadium as the home of Atlético in the summer of 2016.[2]

The stadium had a capacity of 20,000 spectators, but after the reconstruction will be expanded the stadium to 70,000 spectators. It is accessed by Estadio Olímpico station of Line 7 of the Madrid Metro.

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