Estadio Gran Canaria

Coordinates: 28°06′01″N 15°27′24″W / 28.10028°N 15.45667°W / 28.10028; -15.45667
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Estadio de Gran Canaria
Real Madrid, 27 January 2024)[2]
Field size105 metres (115 yd) x 68 metres (74 yd)
Construction
Opened8 May 2003
Expanded2014–2016
ArchitectPedro Medina
Guillermo Ortego Carretero
Tenants
UD Las Palmas (2003–present)
Spain national football team (selected matches)

Estadio Gran Canaria is a football stadium in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is home to UD Las Palmas. It was opened in 2003 as a multi-purpose stadium to become the successor of the old Estadio Insular.

It is one of the potential host cities for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on 8 May 2003 with a friendly between UD Las Palmas and Anderlecht which was played in front of a full-capacity seats. The match ended 2–1 in favour of Las Palmas. The first scorer in the stadium was Rubén Castro.[3]

With a capacity of 32,400 seats, it is the 14th-largest stadium in Spain and the largest in the Canary Islands by terms of capacity[4] (Although not the largest in terms of surface area of the pitch is concerned).[5]

From 11 November 2014, the stadium went under restructuring works which lasted for 16 months. After the remodelization, the running track was removed to turn the venue into a football-specific stadium, with the seats closer to the playing ground.

International matches

Spain v Northern Ireland, 2007

Spain national team matches

Date Opponent Score Competition
18 August 2004  Venezuela 3–2
Friendly match
21 November 2007  Northern Ireland 1–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
18 November 2018  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0
Friendly match

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gran Canaria Stadium". UD Las Palmas. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. As
    . 27 January 2024.
  3. ^ "El nuevo templo de la UD Las Palmas cumplió este martes cuatro años". eldiario.es. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  4. ^ "Estadio de Gran Canaria". UD Las Palmas. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ El Heliodoro Rodríguez López cumple 90 años

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