- Estádio José Alvalade
Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = Estádio Alvalade XXI
nickname =
UEFA | fullname = Estádio José de Alvalade
location =Lisbon ,Portugal
built = 2003
opened = 6 August, 2003
renovated =
closed =
demolished =
owner =Sporting Clube de Portugal
operator =
surface = Grass
construction_cost = $89 million
architect =Tomás Taveira
former_names =
tenants =Sporting Clube de Portugal
seating_capacity =
50,466
dimensions =
105 x 68 mEstádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in
Lisbon ,Portugal , home of Sporting, one of the country's biggest clubs. It is the center of a complex called Alvalade XXI (which includes a mall and 17-screen movie theater called Alvaláxia, plus a healthclub, the club's museum, a sports pavilion, a clinic, and an office building), designed by Portuguese architectTomás Taveira . It was classified byUEFA as a 5-star stadium, enabling it to host finals of major UEFA events. This stadium - originally projected to hold only 40,000 spectators at any given time - has a capacity of 50,466 and was acoustically engineered as a venue for major concerts. Its official opening was on6 August 2003 when Sporting played and beat Manchester United 3-1. It also hosted the2005 UEFA Cup final between Sporting and CSKA Moscow, which CSKA won 3-1. The stadium has underground parking. On the exterior, the stadium features multi-colored tiles. Seats are arranged in a seemingly random color mix to give an illusion that the stadium is always at capacity.The stadium hosted five matches of the
2004 UEFA European Football Championship , one of them the semi-final between Portugal and the Netherlands, which Portugal won 2-1. This match won the title of Best Organized in the whole competition.
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