Adolfo Suárez Stadium Explained

Estadio Adolfo Suárez
Fullname:Estadio Municipal Adolfo Suárez
Location:Ávila, Spain
Coordinates:40.6464°N -4.7017°W
Opened:12 October 1976
Capacity:6,000
Tenants:Real Ávila CF (1976–present)
Owner:Ayuntamiento de Ávila

The Adolfo Suárez Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Adolfo Suárez) is a football stadium located in the city of Ávila, Spain. Owned by the Ayuntamiento de Ávila, Real Ávila CF plays its home fixtures at the stadium. It has a capacity of 6,000.[1]

History

Named after Adolfo Suárez, prime minister of Spain between 1976 and 1981, it was inaugurated on 12 October 1976, with a friendly fixture between Atlético Madrid and UD Salamanca.[2] Despite a plaque stating otherwise, the then prime minister could not attend the inauguration, and the former was actually unveiled by civil governor Luis Cuesta Gimeno. Suárez attended the first official fixture, Real Ávila CF vs CD Manzanares, played on 31 October.

In 2019, the dismal state of the facilities (featuring an abandoned velodrome and deteriorated pitch and stands) led to the proposal of renovation requests by Real Ávila.[3] As the stadium is built on a "zone of preferential flow" (sic) of the (a tributary of the Adaja), the prospect of building works around the stadium to erect a new training complex (ciudad deportiva) have been disallowed by the, the ruling authority for the latter river's basin.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El estadio. Real Ávila.
  2. Web site: Siempre con el Real Ávila. Diario de Ávila. 24 March 2014.
  3. Web site: El Real Ávila estalla ante el estado de abandono del Estadio Municipal Adolfo Suárez. Tribuna de Ávila. 19 November 2019.
  4. Web site: El proyecto de Ciudad Deportiva del Adolfo Suárez tiene que modificarse. Cadena COPE. 1 April 2019.
  5. Web site: La CHD confirma que no se puede construir junto al Estadio Adolfo Suárez. SER. María Ángeles. Hernández. 1 April 2019.