The Spanish Football Federation has revealed their 11 proposed stadiums to host matches at the World Cup 2030.
Spain Proposes 11 Venues for World Cup 2030
Barcelona’s Camp Nou, Real Madrid’s Bernabeu, and Atletico Madrid’s Metropolitano Stadium are the three biggest venues selected.
Real Sociedad’s Anoeta, Gran Canaria Stadium of Las Palmas, Estadio La Cartuja in Seville, Espanyol’s RCDE Stadium, Estadio Riazor of Deportivo La Coruna and Athletic Bilbao’s San Mames Stadium are the other stadiums shortlisted for the World Cup.
However, Valencia, Spain’s one of the most popular cities which has a 70,000 capacity Mestella was not among the 11 stadiums. Celta Vigo’s stadium Abanca Balaidos also missed the list.
Barcelona’s Camp Nou and RCDE Stadium are selected while the Bernabeu and Metropolitano Stadium are selected from Madrid. There are also two venues in the Basque Country the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao and Anoeta in San Sebastian.
In October, Spain, Morocco, and Portugal were selected as joint hosts for the World Cup 2030. The opening three matches of the tournament will be played in Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay.
Spain initially had 13 venues for the World Cup 2030, but FIFA regulations state a maximum of 20 stadiums can be presented.
“The RFEF has worked intensively on this option (of 13 venues), conveying it to its candidacy partners, but both the Moroccan Federation and the Portuguese Football Federation have considered that FIFA regulations must be respected, which establish a maximum of 20 venues, which means that Spain will have 11 venues,” said RFEF statement said.
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Tangier’s Ibn Batouta Stadium, Adrar Stadium in Agadir, Marrakesh Stadium, Fez Stadium, and Grand Stadium of Dasablance are the six venues proposed by Morocco.
Meanwhile, Portugal confirmed Benfica’s Estadio da Luz, Sporting CP’s Estadio Jose Alvalde and Porto’s Estadio do Dragao as their three venues for the World Cup 2030.
With the Venues for the 2030 World Cup final yet to be announced, FIFA has confirmed the opening game will be played at Estadio Centenario in Uruguay, the stadium that was purpose-built for the 1930 tournament and hosted by the final.
Portugal and Morocco are set to host the World Cup for the first time while Spain has hosted the tournament in 1982. The RFEF has confirmed 45 proposed training bases for the tournament which include the Real Madrid Sports City, Levante UD Sports City in Valencia, and Villarreal’s Jose Manuel Llaneza training ground.
Spain’s Proposed Venues for World Cup 2030
- Anoeta (Donostia-San Sebastian)
- Camp Nou (Barcelona)
- Gran Canaria (Las Palmas)
- Estadio La Cartuja (Seville)
- The Rose Garden (Malaga)
- Metropolitan (Madrid)
- New Romareda (Zaragoza)
- RCDE Stadium (Barcelona, Cornella-El Prat)
- Riazor (A Coruna)
- San Mames (Bilbao)
- Santiago Bernabeu (Madrid)
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