The Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet is a football stadium located in the Feixa Llarga district of

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (; es, Hospitalet de Llobregat), often shortened to L'Hospitalet or just L'H, is a municipality of Spain, located to the immediate southwest of Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is part of the Bar ...

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. It was opened in 1999. It has a capacity of 6740 seated spectators. Currently it is the home of football club

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. The stadium is some from the

Hospital de Bellvitge metro station Hospital de Bellvitge, formerly known as Feixa Llarga, is a Barcelona Metro station, in the L'Hospitalet de Llobregat municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area, and named after the nearby Bellvitge University Hospital. The station is the we ...

, on line L1 of the

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. The stadium was originally built to host the baseball tournament at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and designed by Spanish architect Mario Correa. It was later reconverted to a football stadium in 1999. It is part of a municipal sports complex known as Feixa Llarga - which includes other facilities such as a rugby field and a sports center - and that is why the Municipal Stadium is sometimes referred to as Feixa Llarga. However, the Estadio Municipal de L'Hospitalet should not be confused with the Campo Municipal de la Feixa Llarga, headquarters of the UD Unificación Bellvitge, which is located a few meters away, within the same sports complex.

Prior usage

''L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Baseball Stadium'' was originally a

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.''Municipal de Lhospitalet''
accessed November 2015 The venue, opened in July 1991 and seating 2500, was one of two used for

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competitions at the

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, including the finals.''1992 Summer Olympics Official Report''
Volume 2. pp. 311–6. During the 1992 games, seating was expanded to just under 7000.

References

External links

Official Site
Football venues in Catalonia Buildings and structures in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat CE L'Hospitalet Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic baseball venues Sports venues completed in 1991 1991 establishments in Spain Sport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub