BILBAO - San Mamés Barria (53,332)

[SkyLerm]

The most probably thing is that Real Madrid by 2018 will have a totally new stadium with a capacity between 100.000-120.000, plus the renovation of the Camp Nou which will reach 120.000 too, and there are lots of projects here than easily can make a real good and competitive bid. England nowadays has better stadia than Spain, but by 2018 that will be very similar...The most reasonable thing is that Englad doesn't host a WC since '66, so IMO in that aspect they deserve it much more than us
By the way, it is already official that Brazil will host 2014 WC? As far as I know, it hasn't been elected yet

[AdemA]

Complete Video of the Project

[skaP187]

Originally Posted by SkyLerm

The most probably thing is that Real Madrid by 2018 will have a totally new stadium with a capacity between 100.000-120.000, plus the renovation of the Camp Nou which will reach 120.000 too, and there are lots of projects here than easily can make a real good and competitive bid. England nowadays has better stadia than Spain, but by 2018 that will be very similar...The most reasonable thing is that Englad doesn't host a WC since '66, so IMO in that aspect they deserve it much more than us
By the way, it is already official that Brazil will host 2014 WC? As far as I know, it hasn't been elected yet

a) the England Vs Spain thread says something else
b) let the best bid win...
c) no it is not official yet!

[SkyLerm]

Ok thanks for aswer me that

BTW Nice video AdemA!

[AdemA]

The old Bilbao Exhibition Centre is being destroyed, this is where the new stadium is going to be built, near the actual one:

Originally Posted by Rebax

Ya está prácticamente desmontada la cubierta del pabellón 2 de la antigua fería por donde discurrirán los nuevos accesos

[cianobuckley]

Looks good but wheres all d funding coming from?Can Athletic manage it on their own?

[gincan]

I don't really know but Bilbao should be a rather rich club considering they don't spend any money on transfers, but sell a lot of players to other clubs.

[belatz]

Thanks god this is just the basic project. The main problem for the design is that Athletic has to manage a very small terrain, Bilbao council told them that if they wanted to keep the new stadium in the downtown they'll must resign to have only 42.0000 m2 or they should go to the outside, Athletic answered that with that terrain they could only make an stadium for a little more than 40.000 people, finally they accepted and started to find extrange engineering solutions in order to find a place for 55.000 spectators there.

It seems that the local engineering company IDOM-ACXT found a solution for this problem and presented an affordable project for 56.000 spectators very good in the inside and in the distribution of the stands, seats, boxes, in a secure and balanced way and reaching all the demands for being a 5 stars stadium. So as an engineering work this is a superb work, but as design it's very poor.

I hope that for the final design Athletic will sign a famous architect for giving the "final touch" that I think that it needs.

The budget is going to be more than 183 millions, the last news that I heard are talking about 220 millions.

[belatz]

Originally Posted by cianobuckley

Looks good but wheres all d funding coming from?Can Athletic manage it on their own?

Athletic will manage about 1/3 of the funding, the rest will be paid with public money by the Bilbao Council and the Biscay Provincial Council

[AdemA]

Originally Posted by gincan

I don't really know but Bilbao should be a rather rich club considering they don't spend any money on transfers, but sell a lot of players to other clubs.

Who?

[belatz]

Originally Posted by AdemA

Who?

Megastars like Bolo, Felipe, Lacruz, Jonan... what a question .

One more picture with the night lighting:

[SkyLerm]

[skaP187]

Does someone know when construcions might get started?

[belatz]

Originally Posted by skaP187

Does someone know when construcions might get started?

In summer 2.008.

Now they are demolishing de old exhibition centre, the new stadium will be built over that terrains, but it still remains to draw up the final project, and award the works. They will be ready before summer, but as the works will be so close to the old stadium they will wait until the end of the season.

[skaP187]

Originally Posted by belatz

In summer 2.008.

Now they are demolishing de old exhibition centre, the new stadium will be built over that terrains, but it still remains to draw up the final project, and award the works. They will be ready before summer, but as the works will be so close to the old stadium they will wait until the end of the season.

Is the design allready a sure thing, or might there be some changes like it was with the final design of the Valencia stadium?
I like the design, but I still think they should put a little bit more ´kathedral´ in it, as San Mames is such a special stadium now.

[belatz]

This is the basic project. I hope that for the final design the board will make a contest between some famous architects.

[skaP187]

I hope they make something more ´special´ of it, which can take something of the alure of the old stadium with it.

[AdemA]

Originally Posted by belatz

Megastars like Bolo, Felipe, Lacruz, Jonan... what a question .

I was thniking about them, too

Some photos of the demolition:

Originally Posted by Rebax

Para los pocos que están trabajando, la verdad es que avanzan a buen ritmo con la demolición de los antiguos pabellones de la feria.

Un par de fotos.

[Tom Hughes]

Quite like the model, but can't help but think the viewing distances will be quite excessive with no genuinely overlapping tiers. Like the roof framework though, Did Barnes Wallis design it? very "Wellington Bomberish"!

[AdemA]

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