Wanda Metropolitano

Wanda Metropolitano
La Peineta ("The Comb")

Full name Estadio Wanda Metropolitano
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
Public transit Estadio Metropolitano
Owner Autonomous Community of Madrid (1992–2002)
City of Madrid (2002–2017)
Atlético de Madrid (2017–present)[1]
Operator Atlético de Madrid
Capacity 20,000 (at closure)
67,703[2] (after expansion)[3]
Field size 105 × 68 metres
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground 1990
Built 1990–93
Opened 6 September 1994
Renovated 2017
Closed 2004
Construction cost € 45 million (1994)
€ 240 million (2017)[3]
Architect Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Tenants
Atlético de Madrid (2017–present)

Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, formerly known as Estadio de la Comunidad de Madrid, Estadio Olímpico de Madrid or as its nickname Estadio de La Peineta, is a stadium in Madrid, Spain. It will be the new home stadium of Atlético Madrid from the beginning of the 2017-18 season.[3] It is located in Rosas neighborhood at San Blas-Canillejas district. It was opened on 6 September 1994 by the Community of Madrid. The stadium had a capacity of 20,000 spectators upon its closure and will re-open with a seating capacity for 68,000. It was designated as the Estadio de la Comunidad, and later as the Estadio Olímpico de Madrid.

History

During the early 1990s, the Sports Council of the Community of Madrid promoted the city's bid to host the World Athletics Championships in 1997, for which preparations began for an Olympic stadium at the east of Madrid, next to the M-40 Motorway. The site, located at the eastern suburbs of Madrid, was expected to be heavily urbanized.

The construction of the new stadium was launched in 1990 based on a design proposed by Cruz y Ortiz. The construction was completed in 1993, while the inauguration took place in September 1994. The single side tier oval shaped stadium with a capacity 20,000 seats, became popular as La Peineta meaning the comb, because of its similarity with the traditional hair comb.

The 1997 World Championships in Athletics were finally awarded to Athens, while La Peineta was used for minor sports and cultural events during the decade of its existence. It became an abandoned stadium in 2004.

Notable events

28 August 1996
22:00 CET
Atlético Madrid 3–1 Barcelona
Sergi  32' (o.g.)
Esnáider  65'
Pantić  76'		 Report Stoichkov  58'
Estadio Olímpico de Madrid, Madrid
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

New stadium

Estadio Wanda Metropolitano

In 2004, the stadium was closed for a future project upon the Madrid bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Following the defeat of Madrid's bid in 2009, many proposals were made for the future use of the stadium. Finally, on September 11, 2013, Atlético Madrid announced that the club will build its future stadium on the location of La Peineta. Thus ownership was officially transferred to the club.[6] The new stadium will replace Vicente Calderón Stadium as Atletico's home beginning with the 2017–18 season.[7] On December 9, 2016, the club announced that the renovated stadium's official name will be Wanda Metropolitano[8] - Wanda for sponsorship reasons and Metropolitano due to the name of the historical stadium which hosted Atlético's matches before Vicente Calderón.[9]

After its completion, the stadium will be able to accommodate 68,000 spectators, with all spectator seats covered by a new roof[3] including 79 VIP suites known as Neptuno Premium.[10] 4,000 car parking spaces will be available; 1,000 inside the stadium building and 3,000 outside the building.[11]

Inaugural season

The stadium is set to be used by Atlético Madrid starting from the 2017–18 season. As of March 1, 2017, around 45,000 season tickets are already reserved by the club fans.[12]

Proposed events

As of April 1, 2017, Wanda Metropolitano is one of two stadiums entered the bid to host the final match of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, the other being the Baku National Stadium.[13] The host city will be finally selected by the UEFA in September 2017.

Spanish newspapers announced that Atlético Madrid offered Wanda Metropolitano as a permanent venue for the Copa del Rey final matches.[14]

Transport and access

Estadio Metropolitano Metro station

The Madrid City Council, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and Atletico Madrid signed an agreement with the aim of building the necessary infrastructures for access to the stadium. The first phase of the works is planned to be done before the opening of the stadium, these works are the new entrance from the M-40 towards Avenida Luis Aragonés, the braiding link between the Eisenhower Knot (M-14 and M-21) and the stadium service road, and the improvement of the entrance by the Arcentales Avenue, and the construction of a second vestibule and access for the current existing Estadio Metropolitano Metro station. [15][16] These infrastructures will be paid by the club for a figure close to 30 million euros.[16]

The second will be held later, after the inauguration. Among these that should be noted the announcement from Ministry of Public Works and Transort of the opening of the O'Donnell Cercanías Madrid station, converting the existing existing stop -where no train makes stops- in a new station for the neighborhood of Rejas . The station would be located at the intersection of the M-21 dual carriageway and M-40 highway, close to Ciudad Pegaso and Plenilunio Shopping Center, near to the new Atletico Madrid stadium.

In the section of public transport the City Council continues in talks with the Spanish Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Community of Madrid to continue improving access to the new stadium and adapt mobility to the substantial increase that will be submitted the neighborhood once operational the new stadium. The measures proposed by the municipality of Madrid are the request to extend line 2 of Metro to the future station Cercanías Madrid station of O'Donnell, as well as the connection of said line 2 to line 7 current Estadio Metropolitano Metro station which has the largest platform of the network .[16][17]

The buses actual lines of EMT Madrid with a stop close to the stadium are: 38, 48, 140, 153, E2, N5 and N6; (these last two lines are nocturnal buses). Long-distance lines: 286, 288 and 289.

See also

References

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