Ciudad Deportiva Atlético de Madrid

Historia

The Ciudad Deportiva Atlético de Madrid, also known as Wanda Atlético de Madrid Training Complex for sponsorship reasons, is the training ground and academy base of the Spanish football club, Atlético Madrid. It was officially opened on 13 September 1995.Located in Majadahonda and covering 55,000 m² it is used since 1995 for youth and senior teams trainings. It is also home to the mini Estadio Cerro del Espino, which is the home ground of Atlético Madrid B.Facilities Estadio Cerro del Espino with a capacity of 3,376 seats, is the home stadium of Atlético Madrid B, the reserve team of Atlético Madrid. 2 grass pitches. 2 Fieldturf pitches. 1 service building (including team catering areas). Gymnasium.Future sports cityThe club's future training facilities will be built in the city of Alcorcón which is located 15 km southwest of the Madrid metropolitan area. According to the preliminary design of the new sports city, the training centre will accommodate 11 regular-sized training pitches, a stadium with a capacity of 15,000 seats, a medical centre, a dressing room building and a residential building for the players. With an area of 1.4 million m², the new complex will cost about 114 million euros. The training complex will be surrounded with a sports club including a golf course, multiple tennis courts and swimming pools. The complex will accommodate a hotel and a shopping centre as well.