Inside stunning 60,000-seater new stadium set to leave former Champions League club in exile for two years
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Sponsored by. EX-CHAMPION LEAGUE side Real Betis will be left in the football wilderness for two years as part of a stunning new stadium build. The one-time Spanish champions are embarking on an ambitious project which will see them move in to a 60,000-seater home.
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The plans will commence following the end of the season, but will force Betis to leave their Benito Villamarín home for two seasons, with the hope the new ground will be ready for operation from 2027. In the meantime, Betis will move into the Estadio de La Cartuja on the other side of Seville.
Betis' current Benito Villamarín Stadium has a capacity of 60,720, but the new project will modernise it with the preferred stand being torn down - following the others which had changes made for the 1982 World Cup. New details of the plan were shared by club president Ángel Haro during a Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting on Tuesday.
Haro revealed it was hoped the new build would create a "a qualitative and quantitative leap in income" that will allow the club "to have a better team". That being said, Betis do not want to emulate Real Madrid's new-look Bernabeu. While the new Benito Villamarín will have the capacity to host concerts, Haro admitted this will be limited to two or three a year during the summer months when sport competitions are finished.
This will ensure there are no issues with the grass at the ground, with the new stadium set to forgo the ability to have a retractable pitch. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS. The stadium will also feature an adjacent leisure facility in an adjacent building that will feature "a large hotel, a clinic and a wellness centre".
