Estadi Lluís Sitjar was a multi-use

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

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. It was used mostly for

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matches and hosted the home matches of

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

. The stadium was able to hold 18,000 people and opened in 1945.

left the stadium in 1999 when

ONO Estadi Mallorca Son Moix Stadium is a football stadium located in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, and serves as the home ground of Real Mallorca. It is the largest stadium in the Balearic Islands and the 26th largest in Spain. Since the 202 ...

(Son Moix) opened, but the reserve team

RCD Mallorca B Real Club Deportivo Mallorca B is a Spanish football team based in Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1967, it is the reserve team of RCD Mallorca and currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadi i Son Bibiloni'', with ...

continued to use the stadium until 2007, before they moved to Son Bibiloni, the club's training complex to the north of Palma. Its name is due to Lluís Sitjar, former president of RCD Mallorca on several occasions. It was renamed after him on 1960. Demolition work of the stadium began in November 2014 and was completed in April 2015.La demolición del estadio Lluís Sitjar finalizará en abril
El Mundo, 16 February 2015

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RCD Mallorca Football venues in the Balearic Islands Sports venues completed in 1945 Buildings and structures in Palma de Mallorca {{Spain-stadium-stub