Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas (originally Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas and previously Estadio Teresa Rivero) is a football stadium in the

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district of

Puente de Vallecas Puente de Vallecas (''Bridge of Vallecas'') is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. It forms, with the district of Villa de Vallecas Villa de Vallecas (''Village of Vallecas'') is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, S ...

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. It currently hosts football matches and is the home of Primera Division club

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

. The stadium holds 14,708 spectators and was opened on 10 May 1976. It was constructed between 1972 and 1976, and it is also known by the names of Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas and Estadio Puente de Vallecas (The Bridge of Vallecas Stadium).

2018 temporary closure

On 27 August 2018 the stadium was temporarily prohibited from hosting football matches, until improvements had been made, as parts of the stadium were judged to be unsafe by its owners, the

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Miscellaneous

Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas was the venue for the 1940 Copa del Generalísimo Final, as the

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was known during

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. It was the home stadium of Racing de Madrid, from the neighboring city of Chamberí, and its successor, Agrupación Recreativa Chamberí. Atlético Madrid also played their home matches at the venue between 1939–1943 after the

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, as their stadium, the Metropolitan, was destroyed by the war. Rayo Vallecano stadiums over time: The chess federation of Madrid is based in the basements of the stadium. There is also a well known boxing gym called "El Rayo". On 3 August 1986, the British rock band

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performed at the stadium as part of The Magic Tour. It was the third from last concert of the band with the original members. File:Estadio Teresa Rivero (Madrid) 01.jpg, External view of Campo de fútbol de Vallecas File:Estadio de Vallecas.jpg, Estadio de Vallecas File:Metro de Madrid - Portazgo 01.jpg, Metro de Madrid – Portazgo station next to the Stadium

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Estadios de España

Teresa Rivero Teresa Rivero Buildings and structures in Puente de Vallecas District, Madrid Sports venues completed in 1976 {{Spain-sports-venue-stub