Estadio La Peineta

La Peineta
La Peineta ("The Comb")
Full name Estadio de la Comunidad
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
Owner Atlético Madrid
Operator Atlético Madrid
Capacity 20,000 (current)[1]
73,729 (after expansion)
Field size 105 × 68 metres
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground 1990
Built 1990–94
Opened 6 September 1994
Expanded 8 November 2011 -
Closed 2004
Construction cost 45 million (1994)
270 million (for expansion)
Architect Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
General contractor FCC
Tenants
Atlético Madrid (2017–) planned

Estadio La Peineta, officially known as Estadio Olímpico de Madrid, is a stadium in Madrid, Spain. It is currently under reconstruction and is due to replace Vicente Calderón Stadium as the home of football club Atlético Madrid for the beginning of the 2017–18 season.[2]

The stadium had a capacity of 20,000 spectators, but after reconstruction will be expanded to accommodate 73,729 spectators for Atlético Madrid matches of which all spectator seats will be covered by the new roof.[3] It is accessed by Estadio Olímpico Station of Line 7 of the Madrid Metro.

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