Four options for the new Santiago Bernabeu

Apart from the economic, social (change of statutes to try to implement a new form of postal voting) and sporty issues, Florentino Perez will include today in his speech to the Real Madrid Assembly, the exposure of the four projects that are finalists to compete for carrying out the reform of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

A spectacular and pharaonic project consisting in covering the entire facade of the stadium, which in turn will allow to cover the 100% of the seats. In front of the stadium, in the Castellana Street is projected to build a shopping center, while in the present Corner of the Bernabeu (currently a market) will be built a public park because since 2015 this area will be considered as a green area. Also there will be two new parking (with a total capacity of 3,800 vehicles) and the President's Box and the locker rooms will move to the Castellana Street zone.

The four architecture finalist projects will be released today by the president of Real Madrid. The four firms that have participated in the international competition are: Herzog & de Meuron / Rafael Moneo (responsibles for the Allianz Arena in Munich and Beijing National Stadium), Populous / Lamela (Aviva Stadium in Dublin, O2 World Arena in Berlin, Hong Kong Stadium), Norman Foster / Rafael de la Hoz (Endesa Headquarters and Telefonica District C) and GMP Architekten/L35-Ribas (Kiev's Olympic Stadium, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town). These firms are considering in turn the possibility of expanding the capacity of the Bernabeu, now set at 82.000 seats. The idea of the club is that in three years the new skin of the Bernabeu Stadium comes true.

Four Projects for the New Santiago Bernabeu Stadium