San Mamés and Reale Arena, among the candidate fields to host the 2030 World Cup
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The stadiums of San Mames and the Reale Arenain which Athletic Club and Real Sociedad play their matches, are among the candidates to host matches for the 2030 World Cup, which this Wednesday it became known will be played mostly in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, which form the already the only candidacy to organize that event.
The list of candidate fields to host the World Cup 2030along with those of Bilbao and San Sebastián, is made up of the 15 stadiums in the Spanish state, a number that must be reduced.
That list of possible venues includes Bilbao (San Mamés), San Sebastián (Reale Arena), Madrid (Santiago Bernabéu and the Metropolitano); Barcelona (Camp Nou and Espanyol, Stage Front Stadium); Valencia (Mestalla after its renovation); Vigo (Balaídos), La Coruña (Riazor), Gijón (El Molinón Enrique Castro “Quini”), Zaragoza (La Romareda), Murcia (La Nueva Condomina), Seville (La Cartuja), Málaga (La Rosaleda) and Las Palmas ( Gran Canaria Stadium).
At the time, Portugal proposed the Do Dragao stadium in Porto, plus Benfica’s La Luz and Sporting’s José Alvalade in Lisbon, and Morocco proposed the venues in Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier, Agadir, Marrakesh and Fez.
San Mamés and Reale Arena
Opened just 10 years ago, in 2013, San Mamés is one of the most modern stadiums in the world. With capacity for 53,331 spectators, it was designed according to the most demanding standards, those derived from the Elite Category according to UEFA, and for this reason it was awarded as the best sports building in the world in 2015 at the World Architecture Festival and Venue of the Year 2017 in World Football Summit.
‘The Cathedral’ has already hosted major events such as the European rugby finals in 2018 and was going to be the Spanish headquarters of Euro 2020 before the covid pandemic prevented it. Furthermore, the field of Athletic will host in 2024 the Champions League women’s final and in 2025 the final of the Europa League.
He Reale Arena It is actually the Anoeta field, inaugurated in 1993 and recently remodeled, in 2019, to a capacity of 40,000 spectators, which is the minimum number that a field in which a World Cup match is played must host. In addition to important sporting events, in the case of Anoeta including Biarritz Olympique and Aviron Bayonnais rugby matches, both stadiums have been the venue for different events and concerts outside the world of sports.
El Sadar, among the options
El Sadar Stadium. Photo: EFE
The stadium of Osasuna It is also among the possibilities for the championship, despite the fact that negotiations are pending between the Government of Navarra, the Spanish Federation and Osasuna. In addition, it remains to decide the exact number of fields that the competition will have. The red stadium would be a place for preparation and previous friendlies for teams that play in the northern zone.
Source: Eitb
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