Estadio Gran Canaria

The Estadio de Gran Canaria is a multi-purpose stadium, which is located in the Spanish city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria. It serves the football club UD Las Palmas as homestead.

History

The Gran Canaria Stadium in 2003, with a match between UD Las Palmas and RSC Anderlecht (2-1), officially opened, replacing the old, in 1949 opened the Estadio Insular. It offers 31,250 seats for visitors, making it the largest stadium in the Canary Islands. The stadium is as common in Spain, covered only in the main stand and also has an eight-lane track and field facility. The building has a bowl-like shape that is not only closed in the northern curve. There is also the large video display board. In the press box found 400 journalists place. In the building are 350 parking spaces available and around the stadium parking for an additional 5,000 cars. The equipment meets the requirements of the stadium of the football world governing body FIFA as well as the Athletics IAAF.

Events

Internationals

So far, the stadium was twice the scene of a international match of the Spanish national football team of men.

  • . 7757708245018 Aug. 2004: Spain - Venezuela Venezuela 3:2 (1:1 ) - ( Friendly Match)
  • . 7770238712521 Nov. 2007: Spain - Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1:0 ( 0:0 ) - ( Euro 2008 Qualification)

Concerts

In addition to various sporting events it is also used for concerts. A selection of artists and music groups:

  • Bryan Adams - ( 7,761,819,950,012th September 2005 )
  • Shakira - ( 7,765,010,707,503th July 2006)
  • La Oreja de Van Gogh - ( 7,766,545,620,008th Dez. 2006)
  • Joaquín Sabina and Joan Manuel Serrat - ( 7,769,503,815,006th September 2007 )
  • Andrés Calamaro - ( 7,772,396,892,529th May 2008)
  • Juanes - ( 7,772,824,807,511th July 2008)
  • Gloria Estefan - ( 7,776,824,882,525th July 2009)
  • Sting - ( 7,784,452,932,513th July 2011)
  • Juanes - ( 7,784,601,772,529th July 2011)

Others

In the years 2005 to 2007, the freestyle motocross event "Freestyle Gran Canaria " in the sports facility was discharged. In 2008, the automobile race of the "Master Race Stadium " Estadio de Gran Canaria took place. For the interior of the stadium was temporarily paved (no grass).

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