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Real Madrid selects Carlos Slim-owned FCC for 'digital stadium of the future' project
POSTED 23 May 2019 . BY Andrew Manns
FCC is expected to begin work on Santiago Bernabéu immediately, with an anticipated completion date of August 2022. Credit: Courtesy of Real Madrid

Credit: Photo via Wikimedia
This stadium will become an avant-garde and universal icon.
– Florentino Pérez
Spanish construction company FCC has won a contest to help transform Real Madrid's 70-year-old Estadio Santiago Bernabéu into what the club's president, Florentino Pérez, has called a "digital stadium of the future".

FCC, which is owned by Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim, is expected to begin work on the facility immediately, with an anticipated completion date of August 2022.

According to Cinco Dias, the contract is worth €475m (US$529.5m, £408.6m).

The expanded stadium, set to feature a modernised design conceptualised by architecture firms L35, Ribas & Ribas, and GMP Architekten, will be able to accommodate up to 90,000 spectators.

Funding for the scheme will be provided by JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Banco Santander, and Société Générale.



The new sports facility will be able to accommodate up to 90,000 spectators. Credit: Courtesy of Real Madrid
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Stadium redevelopment Real Madrid
Real Madrid FC is pressing ahead with plans for a full redevelopment of the iconic Santiago Bernabeu stadium, complete with a skin of LEDs around the stadium, museum and nearby theme park development.

Location: Madrid , Spain
Size: Large
Budget: US$500m (€400m, £314m)

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Real Madrid selects Carlos Slim-owned FCC for 'digital stadium of the future' project
POSTED 23 May 2019 . BY Andrew Manns
FCC is expected to begin work on Santiago Bernabéu immediately, with an anticipated completion date of August 2022. Credit: Courtesy of Real Madrid
Credit: Photo via Wikimedia
This stadium will become an avant-garde and universal icon.
– Florentino Pérez
Spanish construction company FCC has won a contest to help transform Real Madrid's 70-year-old Estadio Santiago Bernabéu into what the club's president, Florentino Pérez, has called a "digital stadium of the future".

FCC, which is owned by Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim, is expected to begin work on the facility immediately, with an anticipated completion date of August 2022.

According to Cinco Dias, the contract is worth €475m (US$529.5m, £408.6m).

The expanded stadium, set to feature a modernised design conceptualised by architecture firms L35, Ribas & Ribas, and GMP Architekten, will be able to accommodate up to 90,000 spectators.

Funding for the scheme will be provided by JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Banco Santander, and Société Générale.



The new sports facility will be able to accommodate up to 90,000 spectators. Credit: Courtesy of Real Madrid
RELATED STORIES
Real Madrid launches innovation brand – plans to enter the e-health sector


Real Madrid has launched a new innovation brand, designed to position the football club as a 'social and economic leader'.
Real Madrid prepares to begin work on 'best stadium in the world'


Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has revealed that work on a €400m (US$429.5, £344.7m) redevelopment of its Santiago Bernabéu stadium will "begin soon".
Real Madrid's new stadium will be 'a Colosseum' says architect ahead of summer construction


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