Ciudad Real Madrid
The Ciudad Real Madrid (Real Madrid City) is the training ground of the Spanish football club Real Madrid. It replaces the old " Ciudad Deportiva " ( Sports City), which was the training site of the club until 2003 and was sold to pay off debt for approximately € 487 million. In the former grounds today is the skyscraper Cuatro Torres Business Area.
The new " Ciudad Real Madrid " is located in the northeastern part of Madrid, in the new estate Valdebebas on the municipalities Barajas and Hortaleza, near the Madrid Barajas airport and the IFEMA Exhibition Centre.
Construction
The Ciudad Real Madrid extends over 120 hectares, of which 30 ha are currently cultivated. In September 2005, the first phase of construction of the site was inaugurated. The core is the T-shaped main building, on which there are changing rooms, training and exercise rooms, meeting and conference rooms as well as medical facilities for the first team and the 14 youth teams. Here, the head of the T acts as the field for the first team while the foot is the youth divisions reserved. In addition, the system also has facilities for the press and radio. In May 2013, the northern wing of the installation of the first team was expanded to include a 7,284 m2 large residence consisting of 60 rooms as well as community and recreation facilities for the professional squad and coaching staff of the football and basketball teams as well as the club 's media.
Around the main building there are a total of 10 soccer fields, five of them with nature and the remaining artificial turf as a playing surface. One of the places is divided into two half- fields and is the youngest categories of the club as a play and training venue.
In January 2014, the club opened a residence for young players. This provides an area of 7,533 m2 100 youth players in 50 double rooms and space. In addition, the complex has communal, dining and learning spaces. The youth residence is located in the north of the Ciudad Real Madrid, overlooking the playing fields.
Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano
On 9 May 2006, the competition stadium in the Second Team Real Madrid Castilla in the course of a friendly match between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims, officially opened, a meeting at the same time thought the 50 -year anniversary of the first European Cup final between these two teams. The venue is named after the Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stéfano and provides around 8,400 spectators place. In the fourth and final stage of construction completed, it could be expanded up to a capacity of 27,000 seats at.
Location and Public Transportation
The Ciudad Real Madrid adjacent to the city's highways M -11 and M -12 and can be reached by car via the junction 5 of the M-11. Near the sports complex is the station Campo de las Naciones metro line 8 in the nearby IFEMA Exhibition Centre also keep the bus routes 112 and 122 in the immediate vicinity of the sports complex is the station Valdebebas the line C -1 of the Cercanías Madrid, the is currently still under construction.