Mallorca Son Moix Stadium is a football stadium located in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

, Balearic Islands, Spain, and serves as the home ground of

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

. It is the largest stadium in the Balearic Islands and the 26th largest in Spain. Since the 2020

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it was known as 'Visit Mallorca Stadium' having being re-named in a partnership with Consell de Mallorca to help resume the tourist activities on the island -its main resource. The stadium is located in the Can Valero industrial zone in north-west Palma, 3 km from the city center and 13 km from the

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. It can be seen from the Vía de Cintura, Palma's urban motorway. Previously known as the Son Moix Stadium ( ca, Estadi de Son Moix, es, Estadio de Son Moix), the Iberostar Stadium ( ca, Iberostar Estadi) and the Ono Estadi, the stadium was built for the 1999 Summer Universiade. In 1999,

obtained an agreement with the city council to use it for the next 50 years, replacing their previous stadium,

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. The stadium can hold 23,142 spectators, making it the biggest stadium in the Balearic Islands. It has a bowl shape design with two of the stands having two tiers. The stadium was designed to allow for further development of both ends, eventually creating a fully two-tiered stadium with a capacity of over 40,000. These plans now look unlikely as further detailed below. A small temporary stand is sometimes erected on the athletics track; this can be removed for athletics events.

International games

The

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has played three international matches at the stadium, the most recent was on October 11, 2013 against

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in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match. Spain won this fixture 21.

Future

Any future improvement plans seem to be on hold, with

preferring to explore the construction of a new stadium. This is in part to the club and their landlords being in disagreement over improvements to the existing stadium. Panor mica de Son Moix (569234728)

References

External links

Estadios de Espana
{{La Liga venues RCD Mallorca Football venues in the Balearic Islands Sports venues completed in 1999 1999 establishments in Spain Buildings and structures in Palma de Mallorca