New Alajuelense Stadium | |
Location: | Siquiares, Turrúcares, Alajuela, Costa Rica |
Broke Ground: | 2023 (Planned)[1] |
Built: | January 2023–December 2024 (Planned) |
Opened: | January 2025 (Planned) |
Owner: | LD Alajuelense |
Operator: | LD Alajuelense |
Construction Cost: | $30 million |
Capacity: | 24,000 |
Tenants: | Alajuelense (Planned) |
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense plans to build a new football stadium in Turrúcares, Alajuela that will serve as the team's home, replacing their current stadium, Alejandro Morera Soto. The stadium has a planned capacity of 24,000 all-seated. The stadium will be built next to the team's high-performance center.
The stadium will be built between early 2023 and late 2024, with the planned opening being around January 2025. The venue is yet to be named,[2] and according to Alajuelense president Fernando Ocampo, the team is open to deal with companies for sponsor-based names.[3]
In June 2017, Alajuelense's president Fernando Ocampo reunited with the team's board of directors to discuss whether the team should renovate their current stadium or build a new one.[4] At the time, the team was negotiating with the municipality of Alajuela to sell the Morera Soto stadium to them and build a new stadium, but the deal did not come to fruition.[5]
In September 2018, the team were considering four options for the location of the then-hypothetical new stadium: Villa Bonita, El Coyol, downtown Alajuela or the Viva Park in Guácima.[6] In 2018, two designs were proposed: One would see the stadium surrounded by buildings, while the other saw an oval-shaped stadium with roofs on three of the four stands.[7]
On 8 April 2021, the team presented the project for the new stadium, a $30 million venue with a capacity of 24,000.[8] A member's assembly held on 17 July 2021 saw the project receive the approval of over 85% of the team's affiliates.[9]