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

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

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in , holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet, wit ...

. The stadium is some from the Hospital de Bellvitge metro station, on line L1 of the

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

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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 Estadi Municipal de L'Hospitalet should not be confused with the Camp 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

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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