Santiago Bernabeu Stadium (Madrid)

Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a current seating capacity of 81,044, it has been the home stadium of Real Madrid since its completion in 1947.

Basic information

Arena capacity: 81,044 spectators

Address: Av. de Concha Espina, 1, 28036 Madrid, Spain

GPS coordinates for the navigator: 40.45306 ° N 3.68835 ° W

Year of construction: October 1944-December 1947

Cost of construction: 1,732,943 euros

Field: Mixto Grass hybrid technology with dimensions of 105 m×68 m (344 ft×223 ft)

Santiago Bernabeu Stadium Seating Plan

The Bernabeu is a typical modern stadium, built in the style of the Bowl, and not in the older school “English style” with four different stands on each side of the field. The stadium is still mostly four-sided, so there is little information about each side.

1. Fonde Nord — The North Stand, like the entire stadium, is absolutely massive. In fact, it is so large that when it was initially expanded in the mid-1990s, the field suffered from a lack of light. Outing fans usually sit in the northeast corner of the earth.
2. Lateral Este — The East Stand was expanded and refurbished from 2001 to 2006, with a value of about 127 million euros. This is more than the ground as a whole is originally worth building.
3. Fondo Sur — The South Grandstand is also considered the main grandstand of the stadium, although it has the smallest capacity of all sections in the ground. This is the place where dugouts are located, as well as locker rooms and most of the chairs for executives.
4. Lateral Oeste — pretty much an exact copy of The North Stand and stands for a different purpose.

Where to buy tickets?

Ticket prices for foreign leagues are always a little difficult to understand. Each district has its own way of working, and the cost of tickets for a match can vary from week to week. Due to the size of stadiums such as Bernabéu, they actually do not tend to set different prices for children or concessions, instead they have cheaper sections scattered across the ground.

To buy a subscription to Real Madrid, you must be a member or social. However, you do not need to buy a subscription, so for participants and for the general public, tickets for matches are different. Here are the cheapest and most expensive tickets for each piece of the stadium, if you are not a socio:

• West Stand: €40-€130;
• East Stand: €40-€130;
• North Stand: €30-€90;
• South Stand: €30-€90.

How to get Real Madrid tickets

Despite the frankly ridiculous size of the stadium, it can be quite difficult to get tickets for important matches in the Bernabeu, such as El Classico or Madrid derby. However, for other games you have two main options: call the club’s box office directly and ask for an English-speaking person (obviously, if you don’t speak Spanish) or get tickets on the club’s official website. You can buy tickets from other sources online, but be careful, as not all of them are official partners of Real Madrid.

How to get there?

Madrid is the capital of Spain, so there are a number of ways to get to the city and then get to the ground. Here are some of the more traditional routes you will want to see.

Train

A train ride from London to Madrid takes a little less than fourteen hours, so you can consider a different initial way of traveling. However, once you find yourself in the city, the Metro will be a great way to travel. The stadium has its own stop, which is figuratively called Santiago Bernabeu, which is located immediately after Nuevos Chairman on line 10, the dark blue line. Nuevos Ministerios is also the nearest station on the internal railway network of Spain and is located about a minute walk from the ground.

Bus

Buses 14, 27, 40, 43, 120, 147 and 150 travel along the Paseo de la Castellana and stop outside the stadium, so you must follow them if you want to take the bus to the ground.

Car

How easy or not it is to get to Santiago Bernabéu really depends on where you are from. Due to the complex nature of driving from abroad, our best advice is to take satellite navigation and indicate the address — Av. Con-cha Espina 1, 28036, Madrid — into it.

By plane

Madrid — Cuatro Vientos Airport is located closest to the city at a distance of about eighteen kilometers. It is also served by many international airports, this is the best place to achieve the goal. Twenty-one kilometers from the city center is Madrid-Barajas Airport. It serves both international and domestic airports and, therefore, you will be where you will land if you come from other places in Spain.

Taxi

A taxi from Madrid Atocha Train Station to Santiago Bernabéu will cost you around 10 euros, and the trip will take about fifteen minutes. However, traffic in the city can be very bad, so it can take longer and therefore more expensive.

Parking near Santiago Bernabeu

Parking in Madrid… is complicated. Near the ground there are many public and private parking lots where you can park, but parking on the street is tricky and can result in a fine or, even worse, towing your car if you do not know the rules and regulations.

Santiago Bernabeu Hotels

As the capital of Spain and a popular tourist attraction, it is safe to say that there are several hotel options in Madrid. Here are some of our favorites that you can consider for your stay.

Aparthotel G3 Galeón — £ 50 +

Calle de Francisco Medrano, 4, Madrid, 28020

These self-catering apartments are less than a mile from the stadium. The building has a games room, library and a 24-hour fitness center. There is also self parking and free Wi-Fi.

Holiday Inn Madrid Bernabéu — £ 75 +

Plaza Carlos Trias Beltran 4, Madrid, 28020

Less than 800 meters from the hotel, this 4-star Holiday Inn hotel chain features a restaurant, bar, fitness center and conference room. You will also have access to a snack bar, business center and seasonal pool.

AC Hotel Aitana by Marriott — £90+

Paseo de la Castellana, 152, Madrid, 28046

This Marriott hotel has several meeting rooms, a 24-hour fitness center, two restaurants, and self parking. Free Wi-Fi and laundry facilities are also available in the lobby. All of this is less than half from Santiago Bernabéu.

Pubs and Bars Near Santiago Bernabéu

Spain is a city full of wonderful bars and places where you can try tapas while you watch sports or just watch the world go by. Here are some of our favorite places to drink in Madrid before the game.

O’neills Irish Pub

Calle del Príncipe, 12, 28012 Madrid

Irish bars can be built in wide circles, but they are a great place to go for a pint before the match and grab a bite to eat or if you want to watch some kind of sport. This particular place is probably more welcoming than pubs located closer to the ground.

James Joyce Irish Pub

Calle de Alcalá, 59, 28014 Madrid

If O’Neils is too much of a “chain pub” for you, but you are still learning about the Irish theme, then you’d better spend time at the James Joyce Irish Pub. The staff is truly Irish and the food is weird but tasty mix of Irish and Spanish cuisine. There are also many TVs around the hotel, which regularly show the most popular sports.

Lakia Sports Cafe Madrid

Avenida General Peron 36, 28020 Madrid

The Luckia Sports Café, which is close enough to the ground and the most welcoming for Madrid fans or neutral supporters, does exactly what the bank says. Enjoy plenty of sports, sensible food and many different drinks.

Facilities

The sheer size of the stadium means that Bernabéu has many amenities for your enjoyment. From places where you can buy beer and snacks, to spacious toilets, there are many lounges on every level.

Hospitality

We’re not going to understate it: Bernabeu has many options for hospitality. The place is massive, therefore hospitality packages reflect the size and difference of such a world famous place. Here are some of the options you can consider:

• Sala Copas de Europa — Do you want to have a bite before the match in the shadow of the Real Madrid European Cups? This welcoming suite, located at the bottom of the West Stand, is one of the closest to the lawn. There is an additional reception area, meals and hostess services.
• The Asador Restaurant — the food here is first class, as is the service. You will also enjoy stunning views of the field, in particular the goal in front of the South Stand.
• Sala de Trofeos — Perhaps you find the idea to eat in the presence of European club cups a little intimidating. In this case, you may prefer the hospitality of the club’s trophy room, which displays home trophies that Real Madrid won over the years. You will also be fed, watered and enjoy a beautiful view of the field from the second level of the Western stand.

Private rental

Is there a more impressive venue for an event than Santiago Bernabeu in the capital of Spain? Probably no. You can hold presentations, meetings, lectures, dance dinners, congresses or even matches on the club’s famous venue. You can hold events from 10 to 7000 people in any number of halls and halls of the club.

History

On June 22, 1944, Banco Mercantile Industrial Bank provided a loan to Santiago Bernabéu and Rafael Salgado for the purchase of land adjacent to the old Ramin Amin. On September 5, 1944, architects Manuel Munoz Monasterio and Luis Alemany Soler were hired, and the structure on the site began to give way to a new stadium. On October 27, 1944, construction work began at the stadium.

The Nuevo Estadio Chamartin was opened on December 14, 1947 by the Real Madrid match with the Portuguese side Os Belenenses team, as a result of which Los Blancos won 3-1. The stadium had an initial capacity of 75,145 spectators, 27,645 of which had seats (7,125 covered) and 47,500 for standing fans. Sabino Barinaga was the first player to score in the new stadium.

On October 16, 2013, Perez announced that Real Madrid was trying to sell the rights to the name of its stadium and was looking for a sponsor for a reconstruction project worth 40 million euros. The proposed stadium reconstruction project, developed by German architects GMP, was announced on January 31, 2014. The bold design includes a retractable roof, with a total value of about 400 million euros, is likely to be half covered by the sale of title rights and, according to Spanish media, half through the issuance of bonds to real members.

Perez said: “We want to make Santiago Bernabeu the best stadium in the world.” Real Madrid then announced a sponsorship agreement with IPIC to help the club rebuild the stadium. Perez then said that under the agreement, the name of the stadium will be renamed “IPIC Bernabeu” or “CEPSA Bernabeu”. The surface has been replaced by the Mixto hybrid grass.

Real Madrid and Microsoft released their first interactive audio guide for the Bernabeu Tour on April 3, 2017. In 2016, more than 200,000 people visited the stadium, of which more than 60% were foreigners.