Anoeta Stadium

Anoeta
*Reale Arena*
	Real Sociedad vs Valladolid match at Anoeta, 28 February 2020 UEFA
Location	San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Coordinates	43°18′5″N 1°58′25″W / 43.30139°N 1.97361°W
Public transit	Anoeta
Owner	City Council
Operator	City Council
Capacity	39,313
Record attendance	39,314; (Union Bordeaux Bègles vs Stade Rochelais; French rugby union championship Top 14 semi-final ; 10 June 2023)
Field size	105 metres (115 yd) x 68 metres (74 yd)
Construction
Broke ground	1991
Opened	1993
Renovated	2017–2019
Construction cost	Pta3 billion; €21 million
Tenants
	Real Sociedad (1993–present); Athletic Bilbao (2013)

Anoeta Stadium (Spanish: Estadio de Anoeta), currently known as the Reale Arena for sponsorship purposes,^[5] is a football stadium in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain that was inaugurated in 1993.

The stadium lies at the Anoeta Sports Complex, and is mostly used for football matches where La Liga side Real Sociedad contest their home games. The total seating capacity of the stadium, which was originally 32,000,^[6] was restricted to around 26,800^[7] due to redevelopment works; its capacity for the September 2019 completion has been quoted as 39,313 seats^[3] (with the possibility of expanding to 42,300 if it were necessary),^[8] making it the 11th-largest stadium in Spain and the 2nd-largest in the Basque Country.

It is one of the potential host cities for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

^ "Publications - World Cup 2018, San Sebastian, page 7 (labelled 204)" (PDF). Izaskun Larzabal architecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ "Una generación de oro forjada en Anoeta hace veinte años" [A generation of gold forged in Anoeta twenty years ago] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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^ @top14rugby (June 10, 2023). "Vous êtes 39.314… et vous venez de battre pour la 2e fois en 2 jours le record d'affluence de la Reale Arena" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^{[better source needed]}
^ It's here REALE ARENA, realsociedad.eus, 12 September 2019
^ "Instalaciones" [Facilities] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ "Real Sociedad 1-2 Barcelona: Champions score two quick goals to maintain winning start". BBC Sport. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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[worldcup-1] "Publications - World Cup 2018, San Sebastian, page 7 (labelled 204)" (PDF). Izaskun Larzabal architecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

[2] "Una generación de oro forjada en Anoeta hace veinte años" [A generation of gold forged in Anoeta twenty years ago] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

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[4] @top14rugby (June 10, 2023). "Vous êtes 39.314… et vous venez de battre pour la 2e fois en 2 jours le record d'affluence de la Reale Arena" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^{[better source needed]}

[5] It's here REALE ARENA, realsociedad.eus, 12 September 2019

[6] "Instalaciones" [Facilities] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[barca18-7] "Real Sociedad 1-2 Barcelona: Champions score two quick goals to maintain winning start". BBC Sport. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[obras-8] Cite error: The named reference obras was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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