Santiago Bernabéu
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Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is a football stadium in the Chamartín distric of Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated on December 14, 1947 and is owned by the Real Madrid football club. With a capacity of 80,354 spectators in 2007, it was named as a UEFA Elite Five-Star Stadium in 2007.
The Bernabéu is one of the world’s most famous and prestigious venues. It hosted the European Cup final three times, in 1957, 1969 and 1980, and is scheduled to host the 2010 final. The finals for the 1964 European Nations’ Cup and the 1982 World Cup have also been held at the Bernabéu.
Santiago Bernabéu after 2000
When Florentino Perez became the president of Real Madrid, was launched on the Master Plan called Santiago Bernabeu stadium, with one goal: To improve the comfort of the stadium and the quality of its facilities, and maximise revenue from the stadium.
This invested 127,000,000 euros in five years (2001-2006) between the cover and highlighted the expansion of the East Side, the new facade on Father Damien, new costumes, new boxes and VIP areas, a new stage in honour of the East Side, a new press area also located on the East Side, new audio system, new bars, placement of heat in the stands, panoramic lifts, new restaurants, escalators in the towers access and implementation of the multipurpose building in the street Father Damien, who will be more macrotienda football and offices for the club.
Following the enlargement of the lateral East and the creation of the creation of new galleries, the capacity of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is 80,354 spectators, all seated.
To capitalise further on the stage, created the Tour of Bernabeu, where any amateur can enjoy all the corners of the stadium.
In 2002 and 2004, the stadium was the subject of separate terrorist attacks by the errorist organisation ETA, was held to mourn any human or material damage.
In 2007, the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium was the 1000 league games took place. In addition, the latest revision of UEFA on October 24, 2007, on the occasion of the match Champions League against Olympiyacos FC, served as a final step in the procedures were underway to give the category of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium Elite Five-Star Stadium status on November 14, 2007, a month before the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the inauguration of the stadium, Uefa announced that the club will officially rename the five-star stadium.
The president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, proposed construction of a retractable roof before he resigned in 2005. The construction has not yet started.
Location
The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is located in the Paseo de la Castellana in the Chamartin district. It occupies the block bounded by the Paseo de la Castellana and the streets of Concha Espina, Padre Damian, and Rafael Salgado.
The stadium has its own Madrid Metro station along the 10 line called Santiago Bernabéu. Its location, in the heart of Madrid’s business district, is quite unusual for a football stadium.
