San Mamés Stadium (2013)

San Mamés
	AaAA
	300px UEFA Category 4 Stadium;
Full name	San Mamés
Location	Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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Owner	San Mamés Barria, S.L.
Operator	Athletic Bilbao
Capacity	53,289
Record attendance	49,017 (Athletic vs Napoli, 27 August 2014)
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	26 May 2010
Opened	16 September 2013 (1st phase), 25th August 2014 (Complete Stadium)
Construction cost	€ 173 million
Architect	IDOM; César Azkarate;
Project manager	IDOM
Tenants
	Athletic Bilbao (2013–present) Athletic Bilbao B (2015–2016)

San Mamés (often described as "'Nuevo San Mamés"') is the name of Athletic Bilbao's new football stadium. The stadium replaced the "old" San Mamés as the home of Athletic Bilbao.

History

The first stages of planning occurred as early as 2004, with initial contracts signed late on in 2006, after receiving approval to build in March 2006.

On 26 May 2010 at 12:00 the ground-breaking ceremony took place at San Mamés.^[4] The event was attended by: the Lehendakari of the Basque Country, Patxi López; the Deputy-General of Biscay, José Luis Bilbao; the Mayor of Bilbao, Iñaki Azkuna; the Chairman of Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Mario Fernández; the President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Ángel María Villar and the President of Athletic Club, Fernando García Macua.

Despite the economical woes the country was going through at the time, especially the Basque people, 52.6% of the total cost of the €211m stadium were paid by public institution - some by the Basque government, some by the Bilbao City Council and some by the Biscay Provincial Council.

The new stadium was built next to the prior San Mamés on land that was occupied until 2003 by the Bilbao International Trade Fair. Initially, three-quarters of the new stadium were built and then matches took place in the new stadium, and the old one was demolished to make room to complete the new stadium.

San Mamés was inaugurated on 16 September 2013. The inaugural match was a league match played at 22:00pm between the hosts Athletic Club and Celta Vigo, which the local team won 3–2.

On 19 September 2014, San Mamés was selected as one of the 13 venues to host matches at UEFA Euro 2020. It will host three group stage matches and one Round of 16 match in the tournament.^[5]

On 5 November 2015, San Mamés was awarded as the Sports Building of the Year in the World Architecture Festival held in Singapore.^[6]

References

↑ Athletic Club, Basque Government, Biscay Provincial Council and BBK Bank.
↑ UEFA EURO 2020 Evaluation Report
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External links

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[1] Athletic Club, Basque Government, Biscay Provincial Council and BBK Bank.

[2] UEFA EURO 2020 Evaluation Report

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v t e Athletic Bilbao
Players Managers Statistics Seasons
Other teams	Bilbao Athletic Athletic (women)
Home stadium	Lamiako (1901–1910) Jolaseta (1910–1913) San Mamés (1913–2013) San Mamés (2013–)
Training ground	Lezama Facilities
Affiliated Clubs	CD Basconia
Related articles	Bizcaya
Rivalries	Basque derby
Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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AaAA
300px UEFA Category 4 Stadium
Full name	San Mamés
Location	Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Coordinates	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owner	San Mamés Barria, S.L.^[1]
Operator	Athletic Bilbao
Capacity	53,289^[2]
Record attendance	49,017 (Athletic vs Napoli, 27 August 2014)^[3]
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	26 May 2010
Opened	16 September 2013 (1st phase), 25th August 2014 (Complete Stadium)
Construction cost	€ 173 million
Architect	IDOM César Azkarate
Project manager	IDOM
Tenants
Athletic Bilbao (2013–present) Athletic Bilbao B (2015–2016)