Estadio de Gran Canaria

Estadio Gran Canaria is a football stadium in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is home to UD Las Palmas. It was opened in 2003 as a multi-purpose stadium to become the successor of the old Estadio Insular.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on 8 May 2003 with a friendly between UD Las Palmas and Anderlecht which was played in front of a full-capacity seats. The match ended 2–1 in favour of Las Palmas. The first scorer in the stadium was Ruben Castro.

With a capacity of 32,400 seats, it is the 15th-largest stadium in Spain and the largest in the Canary Islands (Although not the largest in terms of surface area of the pitch is concerned).

Starting from 11 November 2014, the stadium went under restructuring works which will last for about 16 months. After the remodelization, the running track was removed to turn the venue into a football-specific stadium, with the seats closer to the playing ground.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Гран-Канария Стадион (russian)