La Romareda

La Romareda

Full name	La Romareda[1]
Location	Zaragoza, Spain
Coordinates	41°38′12″N 0°54′7″W / 41.63667°N 0.90194°W / 41.63667; -0.90194
Owner	Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza
Operator	Real Zaragoza
Capacity	33,608 [2]
Field size	107 m × 68 m (351 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	19 September 1956
Opened	8 September 1957
Renovated	1977, 1982, 1994
Construction cost	21,512,640.50 pesetas
Architect	Francisco Riestra
Project manager	José Beltrán
General contractor	Agromán
Tenants
Real Zaragoza (1957–present) Spain national football team (selected matches)

La Romareda [esˈtaðjo ðe la romaˈɾeða] is the home stadium of Real Zaragoza, in Zaragoza. It was inaugurated on 8 September 1957, with a game between Real Zaragoza and CA Osasuna (4–3). The official capacity is 33,608,^[3] with an average attendance of around 20,000 for Real Zaragoza matches. Currently, it is the 12th-largest stadium in Spain and the largest in Aragon.

The stadium has gone through various upgrades, in 1977 and in 1982, when it was a 1982 FIFA World Cup venue. The stadium was also used for football group matches and a quarterfinal during the 1992 Summer Olympics. It became an all-seater stadium in 1994. The stadium also hosted the 1992-94 FIRA Trophy match between Spain and Romania in 1994.^[4] Plans to build a new stadium in Zaragoza have been abandoned.

La Romareda was proposed as the Olympic Stadium in Jaca's failed bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Works for the enlargement of La Romareda into a 43,000-seat 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 ordered the suspension and the works were put on hold.