Las Mestas Sports Complex

Las Mestas Sports Complex

Front view since the River Piles
Location Gijón, Asturias
Coordinates 43°31′54″N 5°38′9″W / 43.53167°N 5.63583°W / 43.53167; -5.63583
Owner Gijón City Hall
Capacity 10,000
Field size 135×78 m
Surface Natural Grass
Construction
Opened 1942
Renovated 2005
Tenants
Gijón Mariners
Gijón RC

Las Mestas Sports Complex is a multipurpose sports complex in Gijón, Asturias (Spain), used mainly as an equestrian facility for show jumping. It is also used as a velodrome, with its 428 m long track, and as a rugby and american football stadium.

It was inaugurated in 1942 and renovated in 2005. Las Mestas has a capacity of 10,000 people, 3,000 of them seated.

Uses

The new tribune, built in 2005, during the CSIO Gijón 2014

Sporting events

International rugby union games held

External links

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