2024-07-17 00:54:50
The race to host the centenary World Cup continues on the Iberian Peninsula. These are the stadiums that Spain is preparing for the 2030 World Cup. Many projects are still awaiting news.
The most special edition in the history of the World Cup is slowly approaching. Spain, Morocco and Portugal will be the home of a good part of the 2030 World Cup, which is already beginning to generate movements around all the infrastructure that will be necessary to carry out the event. If we speak fully of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), this is how the race is going for Choosing all the venues that will host a tournament calls for breaking records on all fronts.
Let’s talk quickly about the distribution of venues. The latest local information speaks of a candidacy that will mean that Spain will have 10 stadiums for the competition. 5 will be delegated to Morocco and finally 3 to a Portugal which has practically everything arranged as far as remodeling is concerned. If we look merely at cities like Madrid or Barcelona, this is how the race to be one of the World Cup venues by the RFEF bid. Five will be ruled out.
As we say there are fifteen stages nominated today for the federation. There are even some that will hardly need modifications thinking about 2030. Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu thanks to its striking works since the pandemic, Atlético Madrid’s metropolitan Civitas or Athletic Club de Bilbao’s San Mamés They meet practically all the requirements that FIFA will demand of those who intend to be the home of an unprecedented edition where there will be more movement of fans than ever. There are others who already have plans to change their skin and become a key piece of the World Cup.
These are the cases of La Cartuja in Seville (RFEF stadium), Camp Nou, RCDE Stadium (Espanyol de Barcelona) or Reale Arena of Real Sociedad. All these fiefdoms are currently handling various roadmaps to reach 2029 with their works completed and therefore with the authorizations that will be necessary from FIFA to be the home of the competition. Let’s go So far, there are seven venues that local media have reported as practically confirmed. Where do the other three come from?
Valencia with Mestalla, Riazor in La Coruña, La Romareda in Zaragoza, Rosaleda in Malaga, Bailados del Celta in Vigo, Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, Condomina in Murcia and El Molinón in GijónThese are the stadiums that are currently behind in the race to host the 2030 World Cup. They also include those who compete for some of the few remaining vacancies. before the first major filter is given when the RFEF holds elections and the successor of Luis Rubiales is chosen. Spain knows that there is a lot at stake and sources consulted by BOLAVIP speak of an income of 40 billion euros for the country that cannot be lost in any item.
New capacities
Gran Canaria, Vigo, Gijon and La Coruna would be the ones with the least chances of having any of the 101 matches of the competition. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have attractive projects to remodel their fiefdoms. In the islands, it would be a stadium with a capacity of 44,500 spectators. El Molinón would increase by 12,000 to reach 42,000. In Vigo, there will be an increase of 17,100 seats to have more than 41,900. La Coruña, for its part, intends to go from 32,490 to a total of 48,000.
Reale Arena, Nou Mestalla, Gran Canaria and the new Molinón, venues that aim to compete for a place: IMAGO
The new Camp Nou would have a capacity of 105,000 seats. We are talking about the largest capacity stadium in the World Cup if everything continues as it should. The changes in the Charterhouse of Seville would go from 57,000 to 75,000. While other fiefdoms such as San Sebastián o Bilbao would not need to increase attendance in terms of public, other projects such as the new stadium Valencia which has been pending since 2005 aims to create a new fiefdom where up to 72,000 people. The Rosaleda in Málaga, in the ideal scenario, would reach 45,000.
Riazor, Vigo, Malaga and Murcia, the venues with the least chances of making the final selection: IMAGO
The works at the Santiago Bernabéu will leave around 85,000 spectators there. 15,000 fewer has a Metropolitan where capacity will not be increased. We are talking about 42,000 for the new Condomina de Murcia And if we go specifically to Zaragoza It is intended to increase from 33,000 to 42,500. We repeat that these are all the projects that are currently in hand but that They will not be fully evaluated by the RFEF until the change of management. Choose your favorites.
How are venues chosen?
Sources consulted by BOLAVIP at the RFEF speak of three factors. The first of course is the minimum capacity that FIFA requires for its stadiums in this type of tournament. A minimum of 40,000 is mandatory up to this point. Likewise, the Federation comments that there are also issues outside the playing field that will be key when it comes to discarding.
La Cartuja Stadium, Zaragoza and RCDE Stadium in Barcelona: IMAGO
The connections that a city can have at the transportation level and whoever is ahead in the race when it comes to submitting stadium candidacies to FIFA becomes imperative. To date there is no officially confirmed venue in Zurich.but it is expected that from September and with the first political changes within the Federation, things will start to speed up. How much money will it cost to renovate each stadium on average? RFEF told BOLAVIP that we are talking about amounts close to 40 million euros at the very least. Camp Nou and Bernabéu are already competing to be the venue for the final.