Visit Mallorca Stadium

Visit Mallorca 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. The stadium was renamed during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in a conjoined effort with Consell de Mallorca, and other public entities to reactivate tourist activities on the island, its main resource.

Visit Mallorca Stadium

Visit Mallorca Estadi
UEFA
Full name	Visit Mallorca Stadium
Former names	Estadi de Son Moix (1999–2006, 2017–2020) Ono Estadi (2006–2010) Iberostar Estadi (2010–2017)
Location	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Coordinates	39°35′24″N 2°37′48″E
Owner	Ajuntament de Palma
Operator	RCD Mallorca
Capacity	23,142
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Opened	June 1999
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 can hold 23,142 spectators, making it the biggest stadium 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

The Spanish national football team has played three international matches at the stadium, the most recent of which was on October 11, 2013 against Belarus in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match. Spain won this fixture 2-1.[4]

Future

Any future development plans now seem to be on hold 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.[5].

Panoramic of the Visit Mallorca Stadium

References

1. "Iberostar Estadi, Palma de Mallorca | 306022 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
2. "Iberostar Estadio - Mallorca - The Stadium Guide". Retrieved 2020-02-10.
3. Depor, Redacción (2019-10-19). "Real Madrid no pudo contra Mallorca: perdió 1-0 por LaLiga Santander". Depor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-25.
4. CANENCIA, ÓSCAR LÓPEZ (2013-10-11). "España 2-1 Bielorrusia: España deja reservado el billete para el Mundial". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-10.
5. "Mallorca Owners looking for new Ground". majorcadailybulletin.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.

External links

• Estadios de Espana (in English)

Preceded by Stadio Angelo Massimino  Italy	Universiade 1999	Succeeded by Workers Stadium  China