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The new Wanda Metropolitano football stadium is the result of the refurbishment and expansion of the old La Peineta athletics stadium, which was completed in 1994.<\/p>\nThe new Wanda Metropolitano football stadium is the result of the refurbishment and expansion of the old La Peineta athletics stadium, which was completed in 1994.<\/p>\n
TYPSA developed the detailed design and provided construction supervision assistance for the structure and the foundations. The brief also included collaborating with the roof designer on the roof-to-structure interface.<\/p>\n
The stadium expansion had to address very specific functional and technical constraints such as UEFA and FIFA recommendations, evacuation safety requirements and optimum visibility. The many demands of football as a source of entertainment also had to be taken into account to provide spectators with a good view and proximity to the field, VIP boxes, shops, restaurants, a museum and so on. The stadium has a capacity for 68,000 spectators and the expansion increases the original 58,500 sq m GFA by 83,100 sq m, generating a total area of 141,600 sq m.<\/p>\n
Large reinforced-concrete radial frames combine with the existing stands to form the structure, creating a completely closed stadium with three different stands.<\/p>\n
The design and construction of the building\u2019s foundations also presented a major challenge, since the stadium is located on an old open-pit sepiolite mine which in some places, is as deep as 40 m.<\/p>\n
The Wanda Metropolitano Stadium will host the 2018-2019 season UEFA Champions League final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"