Former names | Estadio Luis Casanova (1969–1994) |
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Location | Avenida Suecia, s/n 46010 - Valencia |
Coordinates | 39°28′29″N 0°21′30″W / 39.47472°N 0.35833°W |
Public transit | Aragó (Lines 5 and 7) |
Capacity | 49,430[1] |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
Surface | grass/sand |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1923 |
Opened | 20 May 1923 |
Renovated | 2005–2019 |
Expanded | 2007 |
Construction cost | 316,439.20 pts (Purchase of Land) |
Architect | Francisco Almenar Quinzá |
Tenants | |
Valencia CF (1923–present) Spain national football team (selected matches) | |
Website | |
valenciacf.com/mestalla |
Mestalla Stadium (Spanish: Estadio de Mestalla [esˈtaðjo ðe mesˈtaʎa], Valencian: Estadi de Mestalla [esˈtaði ðe mesˈtaʎa]) is a football stadium in Valencia, Spain. The stadium is the home of Valencia and has a capacity of 49,430 seats,[2] making it the 8th-largest stadium in Spain, and the largest in the Valencian Community.[3] The stadium's name originates from the historic irrigation canal of Mestalla, which was developed and consolidated during the Arab dynasty between the 10th and 11th centuries, and was originally outside the south stand of the stadium where it had to be jumped over in order to get to the ground.[4][5] The North Stand of the stadium is known for its very steep section.[6]
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