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La Catedral | |
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| Full name | Estadio San Mamés |
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| Location | Bilbao, Spain |
| Owner | Athletic Bilbao |
| Operator | Athletic Bilbao |
| Capacity | 40,000[1] |
| Field size | 104 x 68 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 20 January 1913 |
| Opened | 21 August 1913 |
| Renovated | 1952, 1982 |
| Closed | 5 June 2013 |
| Demolished | 6 June 2013 |
| Construction cost | 50.000 ptas |
| Architect | Manuel Maria Smith |
| Tenants | |
San Mamés Stadium (Template:Lang-es [esˈtaðjo sam maˈmes]; also known as La Catedral [la kateˈðɾal], "The Cathedral"), was a football stadium in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain. The stadium was the home of Athletic Bilbao, known as Los Leones de San Mamés-Bilboko lehoiak (The Lions of San Mamés). They are known as Los Leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes). Mammes was an early Christian, according to legend, who was thrown to the lions by the Romans.
The club's new stadium, San Mamés, was inaugurated on 16 September 2013.[2]
History
Opened in 1913, it is Spain's oldest built stadium (the oldest playing field being El Molinón)[citation needed], a distinction that together with its religious heritage has granted it the nickname, La Catedral (The Cathedral). San Mamés can seat almost forty thousand people and is renowned for the unique and boisterous atmosphere its crowds of devoted and loyal fans create on match-days.[3]
The current stadium was almost entirely rebuilt to host matches in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. In March 2006, a project was approved to replace the stadium with a new and larger version, thereby increasing the stadium capacity to 53,000. The New San Mamés Stadium will be built on the former site of the Bilbao International Trade Fair, adjacent to the current stadium. Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2010, and when it is three quarters completed, Athletic Club will move into their new home and the original San Mamés will be demolished.
AC/DC's final concert of their Black Ice World Tour was held in the stadium, on 28 June 2010.
Gallery
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East stand. -
North stand. -
Outside the stadium.
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