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MARBELLA City Council has signed a 75 year public land concession agreement for the construction of a new football stadium.
The stadium, including an 84-room luxury hotel, an underground parking area for more than 1,000 cars, as well as a commercial shopping center, will be built along the Huerta de los Cristales Road. Construction is scheduled to start in late 2025, or early 2026.
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The concession was signed this week between the club’s representative, Esteban Granero and the Mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz. Total investment into the project is more than €114 million.
Muñoz said the stadium will be ‘an economic and social driver’ for Marbella, with the creation of 2000 new jobs, bringing in €36 million to €50 million to the city’s GDP.
“Today we are building a 21st-century Marbella, modern, “Our city will be more innovative, ambitious and sustainable with projects that are both long-term and sustainable.
Granero said the stadium would also help ‘promote grassroots sports in the city.’
“Now Marbella FC has a greater ability to attract key players that will allow us to reach the top He said that “short-term, football is the most important thing.” “We can’t aspire to the top level in football without the stadium.”
The demolition of the Antonio Lorenzo Cuevas Stadium will take place over a period of four to five months.
“The intention is to have the tender completed in parallel with the demolition, and we can identify the right construction company or companies for this project, always with expert advice, so that by the time the demolition is complete, construction work can begin in a seamless manner,” Granero said.
The project is in progress since 2018.
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