San Mamés Stadium (2013)

San Mamés
Construction
UEFA Category 4 Stadium
Full name	San Mamés
Location	Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Coordinates	43°15′51″N 2°57′01″W / 43.264284°N 2.950366°W / 43.264284; -2.950366
Owner	San Mamés Barria, S.L.^[1]
Operator	Athletic Bilbao
Capacity	53,289^[2]
Record attendance	49,017 (Athletic vs Napoli, 27 August 2014)^[3]
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	26 May 2010
Opened	16 September 2013
Construction cost	€173 million (₤136; US$223)
Architect	César Azkarate Mikel Sanz de Prit
Structural engineer	ACXT Idom
General contractor	UTE Estructuras San Mames
Tenants
Athletic Bilbao (2013–present)

San Mamés is the name of Athletic Bilbao's new football stadium. The stadium replaced the "old" San Mamés as the home of Athletic Bilbao.

History

The first stages of planning occurred as early as 2004, with initial contracts signed late on in 2006, after receiving approval to build in March 2006.

On 26 May 2010 at 12:00 the ground-breaking ceremony took place at San Mamés. The event was attended by: the Lehendakari of the Basque Country, Patxi López; the Deputy-General of Biscay, José Luis Bilbao; the Mayor of Bilbao, Iñaki Azkuna; the Chairman of Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Mario Fernández; the President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Ángel María Villar and the President of Athletic Club, Fernando García Macua.

Despite the economical woes the country was going through at the time, especially the Basque people, 52.6% of the total cost of the €211m stadium were paid by public institution - some by the Basque government, some by the Bibao City Council and some by the Biscay Provincial Council.

The new stadium was built next to the prior San Mamés on land that was occupied until 2003 by the Bilbao International Trade Fair. Initially, three-quarters of the new stadium were built and then matches took place in the new stadium, and the old one was demolished to make room to complete the new stadium.

San Mames was inaugurated on 16 September 2013. The inaugural match was a league match played at 22:00pm between the hosts Athletic Club and Celta Vigo, which the local team won 3–2.

On 19 September 2014, San Mames was selected as one of the 13 venues to host matches at UEFA Euro 2020. San Mames will host three group stage matches and one Round of 16 match in the tournament.^[4]

References

↑ Athletic Club, Basque Government, Biscay Provincial Council and Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa.
↑ UEFA EURO 2020 Evaluation Report
↑ "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg - Tuesday 26 August 2014". UEFA.org. 26 August 2014.
↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2151146.html#2020+hosts+decided

External links

Athletic Bilbao

Players Managers Statistics Seasons

Other teams	Athletic (reserve) Athletic (women)

Home stadium	Lamiako Jolaseta San Mamés (1913–2013) San Mamés (2013–)

Training ground	Lezama Facilities

Affiliated Clubs	CD Basconia

Related articles	Bizcaya

Rivalries	Basque derby

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La Liga venues, 2014–2015

Anoeta Balaídos Vicente Calderón Camp Nou Ciutat de València Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Cornellà-El Prat Ipurua Juegos Mediterráneos La Rosaleda Los Cármenes El Madrigal M. Martínez Valero Mestalla Nuevo Arcángel Riazor San Mamés Sánchez Pizjuán Santiago Bernabéu Vallecas

UEFA Euro 2020 stadiums

Baku National Stadium (Baku)
Eurostadium (Brussels)
Parken Stadium (Copenhagen)
Wembley Stadium (London)
Allianz Arena (Munich)
New Puskás Ferenc Stadium (Budapest)
Aviva Stadium (Dublin)
Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
Amsterdam Arena (Amsterdam)
Arena Națională (Bucharest)
New Zenit Stadium (St Petersburg)
Hampden Park (Glasgow)
San Mamés Stadium (Bilbao)

Coordinates: 43°15′51″N 2°57′01″W / 43.264284°N 2.950366°W / 43.264284; -2.950366