Everything about La Romareda totally explained
La Romareda is the name of the home stadium of
Real Zaragoza, in
Zaragoza. It was inaugurated on
September 8 1957 with a game between Real Zaragoza and
CA Osasuna (4-3).
The
stadium has gone through various upgrades in 1977 and in 1982, when it was a
1982 World Cup venue. It became an all seater stadium in
1994.
The official capacity is 34,596, with an average attendance of around 30,000 for Real Zaragoza matches.
Plans to build a new stadium in
Zaragoza have been abandoned.
La Romareda was proposed as
Olympic Stadium in the bid of
Jaca for the
2014 Winter Olympics.
Works for the enlargement of
La Romareda into a 43,000-seater stadium were due to begin on
April 17,
2006 and end in time for the Zaragoza Expo of 2008. However, a lawsuit was filed by a political party (PAR), claiming that the enlargement of the stadium would be to the detriment of the population, in order to suspend the planned works. A judge order the suspension and the works have since been put on hold. It is unclear whether the works of La Nueva Romareda will resume and be completed in time for
Expo 2008.
The stadium has also been used for concerts for bands such as
Metallica and
Slipknot.
History
The construction of La Romareda was due to the efforts of the the mayor,
Luis Gómez Laguna, and his succesor Cesáreo Alierta, who happened to be the president of Real Zaragoza. Their previous ground
Torrero with a capacity of only 20,000 was considered too small.
The matter was brought before the city council, who on the 9 February, 1956 approved the plans to build the stadium. The task of building the stadium was given to the construction company
Agroman, who in the 15 months it took to build the stadium employed 350 employees.
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