Mendizorrotza Stadium

Campo de Fútbol de Mendizorrotza
Mendizorrotza football stadium seem from the box.
Location Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Coordinates 42°50′13.60″N 2°41′16.96″W / 42.8371111°N 2.6880444°W / 42.8371111; -2.6880444
Owner Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz
Operator Deportivo Alavés
Capacity 19,840[1]
Field size 105 x 67 m
Surface Grass
Construction
Opened 27 April 1924
Expanded 1999
Tenants
Deportivo Alavés

Mendizorrotza or Mendizorroza is a football stadium in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Deportivo Alavés.

History

Opened on 27 April 1924, it is currently the third oldest football stadium in the Spanish Professional Football, behind El Molinón and Mestalla.[2]

During its history, the stadium had several renovations. The most important one was the expansion made in 1999, making new stands in the corners for increasing the capacity of the stadium to the current 19,840 seats.

In December 2016, the club president Josean Querejeta announced a plan of modernisation and expansion of the stadium, possibly bringing its capacity to 32,000.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mendizorrotza Stadium
  2. ↑ "Cinco cosas que quizá no sabías de Mendizorroza" (in Spanish). LaLiga.es. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "El nuevo Mendizorrotza, un estadio para Vitoria y Álava" [The new Mendizorrotza, a stadium for Vitoria and Álava] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

Coordinates: 42°50′13.60″N 2°41′16.96″W / 42.8371111°N 2.6880444°W / 42.8371111; -2.6880444

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