Mallorca Son Moix Stadium is a football stadium located in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, and serves as the home ground of RCD Mallorca. It is the largest stadium in the Balearic Islands and the 26th largest in Spain. Since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic it was known as 'Visit Mallorca Stadium' having been re-named in a partnership with Consell de Mallorca to help resume the tourist activities on the island -its main resource.
Estadio Mallorca Son Moix | |
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| Full name | Mallorca Son Moix Stadium |
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| Former names | Estadi de Son Moix (1999–2006, 2017–2020) Ono Estadi (2006–2010) Visit Mallorca Estadi (2020–2022) |
| Location | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
| Coordinates | 39°35′24″N 2°37′48″E / 39.59000°N 2.63000°E |
| Owner | Ajuntament de Palma |
| Operator | RCD Mallorca |
| Capacity | 26,020 |
| Record attendance | 23,244 |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | June 1999 |
| Renovated | 2023–2024 |
| Tenants | |
| RCD Mallorca (1999–present) Spain national football team (selected matches) | |
The stadium is located in the Can Valero industrial zone in north-west Palma, 3 km from the city center and 13 km from the airport. It can be seen from the Vía de Cintura, Palma's urban motorway. Previously known as the Son Moix Stadium (Catalan: Estadi de Son Moix, Spanish: Estadio de Son Moix), the Iberostar Stadium (Catalan: Iberostar Estadi) and the Ono Estadi,[1] the stadium was built for the 1999 Summer Universiade.[2] In 1999, RCD Mallorca obtained an agreement with the city council to use it for the next 50 years, replacing their previous stadium, Estadio Lluís Sitjar.
The stadium has a capacity of 23,142 people, making it the largest in the Balearic Islands.[3] It has a bowl shape design with two of the stands having two tiers. The stadium was designed to allow for further development of both ends, eventually creating a fully two-tiered stadium with a capacity of over 40,000. These plans now look unlikely as further detailed below. A small temporary stand is sometimes erected on the athletics track; this can be removed for athletics events.
International games
editThe Spain national football team has played three international matches at the stadium; the most recent one was on 8 June 2024 against Northern Ireland in a friendly match, with Spain winning 5–1.
Future
editAny future improvement plans seem to be on hold, with RCD Mallorca preferring to explore the construction of a new stadium. This is in part to the club and their landlords being in disagreement over improvements to the existing stadium.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Iberostar Estadi, Palma de Mallorca | 306022 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Iberostar Estadio - Mallorca - The Stadium Guide". Retrieved 2020-02-10.
- ^ Depor, Redacción (2019-10-19). "Real Madrid no pudo contra Mallorca: perdió 1-0 por LaLiga Santander". Depor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ "Mallorca Owners looking for new Ground". majorcadailybulletin.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
External links
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- Estadios de Espana (in English)
