Operator City Council Opened 13 August 1993 Province Gipuzkoa | Capacity 32,076 Team Real Sociedad Phone +34 943 48 18 75 | |
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Location San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain Field size 105 metres (115 yd) x 68 metres (74 yd) Address Anoeta Pasalekua, 1, 20014 Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain Owner City council of San Sebastián Similar Mestalla Stadium, Estadio Benito Villamarín, Estadio de la Cerámica, El Sadar Stadium, San Mamés Stadium | ||
Anoeta stadium real sociedad fc barcelona
Anoeta is a multi-purpose stadium in San Sebastián, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain that was inaugurated in 1993. The stadium lies at the Anoeta Sports Complex, and is mostly used for football matches where La Liga side Real Sociedad contest their home games.
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- Anoeta stadium real sociedad fc barcelona
- Estadio de anoeta anoeta stadium
- Proposals
- Complaints
- References
In recent years, it has also been used for occasional Heineken Cup rugby union fixtures by nearby French Basque club Biarritz Olympique. Since the 2009–10 Top 14 season, both Biarritz Olympique and fellow Basque club Aviron Bayonnais took home matches to the Anoeta. Also, in a generous gesture from Real Sociedad, Basque arch rivals, Athletic Bilbao, used Anoeta for their first two home games of the 2013-14 La Liga season, as their new ground San Mames Stadium was still under construction.
The total seating capacity of the stadium is 32,300.
Estadio de anoeta anoeta stadium
Proposals
In 2004, José Luis Astiazarán, then the president of Real Sociedad, launched a project called Gipuzkoarena. Planned to be completed in 2007, it was intended to increase the stadium's capacity to 42,000, which would include the removal of the athletics track. The project also intended to construct a hotel and shops, among other items. This proposal was soon rejected by the city council and left behind.
Towards the end of 2007, Badiola, as candidate for president of Real Sociedad, proposed that the club buy the stadium. This was also soon rejected by the city council. In 2008, Badiola, already as president, made another two proposals for the stadium, one of them similar to Gipuzkoarena. These proposals were going to be studied by the city council, but after 20 December Badiola was no longer the club's president. Later, the next president, Jokin Aperribay, launched a new attempt to reform the stadium.
In 2015 the club announced that it would begin reforms on Anoeta in 2016. The stadium reforms will cost 30 million euros and will enlarge the stadium as well as removing the track around the field.
Complaints
Over the years, fans have never been happy with the stadium due to the athletics track causing a distance between the stands and the field itself, resulting in a "cold" atmosphere during matches.