Estadio Gran Canaria is a

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stadium in

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spain, Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in th ...

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, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is home to

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

. It was opened in 2003 as a

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to become the successor of the old

Estadio Insular Estadio Insular was a multi-use stadium in Las Palmas, Spain. It was initially used as the stadium of UD Las Palmas matches before Estadio Gran Canaria Estadio Gran Canaria is a football stadium in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. It is curren ...

History

The stadium was inaugurated on 8 May 2003 with a friendly between

and

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which was played in front of a full-capacity seats. The match ended 2–1 in favour of Las Palmas. The first scorer in the stadium was

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. With a capacity of 32,400 seats, it is the 14th-largest stadium in Spain and the largest in the

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/ref> Starting from 11 November 2014, the stadium went under restructuring works which will last for about 16 months. After the remodelization, the running track was removed to turn the venue into a football-specific stadium, with the seats closer to the playing ground.

International matches

Spain national team matches

References

External links

Estadios de Espana
UD Las Palmas Multi-purpose stadiums in Spain Football venues in the Canary Islands Sport in Gran Canaria Buildings and structures in Las Palmas Sports venues completed in 2003 {{Spain-sports-venue-stub

History

International matches

Spain national team matches

See also

References

External links