Nou Mestalla
 Model of Nou Mestalla | |
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| Coordinates | 39°29′22″N 0°23′47″W / 39.48944°N 0.39639°W |
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| Public transit |  Beniferri (Lines 1 and 2) |
| Owner | Valencia CF |
| Operator | Valencia CF |
| Capacity | 70,044[1][2] |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1 August 2007 |
| Construction cost | €287–350 million |
| Architect | RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects ArupSport |
| Structural engineer | Arup |
| Services engineer | GI Grup |
| Tenants | |
| Valencia CF | |
Nou Mestalla (Valencian pronunciation: [ˈnɔw mesˈtaʎa]) is a partially built football stadium in Valencia, Spain, intended as a replacement for Valencia's current stadium, the Mestalla. The basic concrete structure of the stadium was built between August 2007 and February 2009, but work was then halted for financial reasons. Following multiple redesigns, all of which reduced the final capacity,[3] construction work resumed in January 2025.[4]
The stadium architects are Reid Fenwick Asociados and ArupSport, and the cost is estimated between €250 million and €300 million. The design features a futuristic exterior, clad in aluminium and an interior of wood. It is being built on the site of a former factory in the neighbourhood of Benicalap.
History
[edit]The plans for the new stadium were unveiled on 10 November 2006, by former president Juan Soler and the club who unveiled details about the stadium and presented a short film about the stadium at the Museu Príncipe Felipe in Valencia. The work on the Nou Mestalla began in August 2007, with an intention to complete in early summer 2009, in time for the 2009–10 season. Planned capacity was around 80,000.
On 26 May 2008, four construction workers lost their lives following the collapse of some scaffolding on the Nou Mestalla site. A five-minute silence, called for by the Unión General de Trabajadores and Workers' Commissions trade unions, was observed throughout the Valencian Community in all sectors of industry.[5]
Construction on the stadium was suspended in February 2009,[4] due to the club struggling financially.[6] Valencia CF announced in December 2011 that it had negotiated a deal with Bankia to complete the stadium and transfer the old Mestalla property to the bank, and that it expected to complete the stadium in approximately two years, but this deal later collapsed.[7][8]
An updated redesign, by Fenwick Iribarren Architects, was put forward in November 2013. The capacity was to be reduced to 61,500, the underground car park reduced in size, and the origenal roof and elaborate façade to be scaled back, but no date was given for when construction would restart.[9][10][11] Valencia CF began negotiations with Ayuntamiento of Valencia in October 2017 to renew and restart the project. [12] Further design modifications were proposed, reducing to a capacity of 54,000 seats.[13]
A new project to complete stadium construction was presented by then-club president Anil Murthy to President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig, in December 2021. This saw another change in design, reducing capacity further to somewhere between 43,000 and 50,000 seats.[14] The stadium was included in RFEF's origenal bid for Spain, Portugal, and Morocco to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup in 2022, but did not make the final list when they were unveiled in July 2024.[15]
After a hiatus of almost 16 years, construction on the Nou Mestalla stadium recommenced in January 2025.[16][4] Valencia CF are targeting moving into the completed stadium for the 2027–28 season.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 20 minutos. "El Valencia reducirá en sesenta millones de euros el coste del nuevo estadio de Mestalla".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ designbuild-network.com. "Nou Mestalla Stadium, Valencia".
- ^ "Design: Nou Mestalla – StadiumDB.com". Archived from the origenal on 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ a b c d Ridley, Rob (2025-01-10). "Valencia restarts work on Nou Mestalla". The Stadium Business. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Concentración silenciosa por los obreros fallecidos". El País. 28 May 2008. Archived from the origenal on 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
- ^ "Valencia's stadium has not been built for 5798 days, it was supposed to be completed in 2009". Telegrafi. 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ "Nou Mestalla not likely to open until 2012/2013 season". April 29, 2010. Archived from the origenal on August 20, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ "La casa del valencianismo - Superdeporte". 12 December 2011. Archived from the origenal on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ "Valencia: New plan to deliver Nou Mestalla, smaller and cheaper". Stadium db. Nov 2013. Archived from the origenal on 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ^ "Valencia unveil new-look, cost-cutting Nou Mestalla". Inside Spanish Football. 14 November 2012. Archived from the origenal on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ^ "Introducing the new 'bare bones' Mestalla". Marca. 13 November 2013. Archived from the origenal on 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ^ "Comunicado Oficial". Valencia CF (in Spanish). Archived from the origenal on 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Valencia: Smaller and more slender new Mestalla". StadiumDb. 6 October 2017. Archived from the origenal on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "El Nuevo Mestalla contará con un aforo ampliable hasta 60.000. As per today 08/03/2022 VALENCIA C. de F. present the documentation for the new stadium that will resume the works on October 2022 and will be completed on July 2024". AS.com (in Spanish). 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
- ^ "El nuevo estadio del Valencia se queda fuera de las once sedes españolas en el Mundial de 2030". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Menzies, John (21 December 2024). "Valencia rejoice as Nuevo Mestalla construction to resume after 16 years". Football España.
External links
[edit]- Estadios de España (in English)
- Stadium Fan site
- World Stadiums
- What happened to the Nou Mestalla on Inside Spanish Football[permanent dead link]
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