Estadio La Peineta

La Peineta
La Peineta "The Comb"
Full name	Estadio de la Comunidad
Location	Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40°26′10″N 3°35′58″W / 40.43611°N 3.59944°W / 40.43611; -3.59944Coordinates: 40°26′10″N 3°35′58″W / 40.43611°N 3.59944°W / 40.43611; -3.59944
Opened	1994
Renovated	2009
Owner	Atlético Madrid (future)
General Contractor	FCC
Capacity	20,000 (current) 73,000 (after expansion)
Tenants
Atlético de Madrid (starting in 2013)

Estadio La Peineta, also known as Estadio de la Comunidad, is a stadium in Madrid, Spain. It is currently used for athletics events, but it will soon be expanded for the football club Atlético Madrid. Currently the stadium has a capacity of 20,000 spectators, but a reconstruction for Atletico's move will expand the stadium to 73,000 spectators. Atlético will pay for all the costs associated with the expansion. The stadium will replace Vicente Calderón Stadium as the home of Atlético in the summer of 2013.

Basque separatist group ETA bombed the stadium in June 2005.^[1]

References

1. ^ El Mundo 25 June 2005

External links

• News story at Atletico's website
• Gallardón: 'El Atleti, a La Peineta en 2010'
• Atletico Madrid to move to new stadium
• Hoja de Ruta para el traslado del Calderón al nuevo Estadio de Madrid