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Club: Real Sociedad | Opening: 1993 | Capacity: 40,000 seats<\/p>\n
History and description<\/h3>\n
Reale Arena, better known as Estadio Anoeta, replaced Real Sociedad’s old Estadio de Atotxa<\/a>, which had become too small and lacked the possibilities for expansion. In sharp contrast with their cosy old ground, the new stadium was bowl-shaped, spacious, and had an athletics track circling the pitch.<\/p>\n Estadio Anoeta opened on 29 July 1993 with the European Youth Athletics Championships. The first match at the stadium was played a few weeks later when Sociedad received Real Madrid for a friendly. The stadium could hold 32,000 spectators.<\/p>\n Real Sociedad was never been really happy at Estadio Anoeta though due to the large distance between spectators and pitch and the resulting lack of atmosphere. In the mid-2000s, the club therefore presented plans to remove the athletic tracks and redevelop the stadium, a project dubbed Gipuzkoarena, however this never came off the ground.<\/p>\n In early 2014, Real Sociedad once again presented plans for a redevelopment of Anoeta, which included the removal of the athletics tracks, the extension of the lower tier closer to the pitch, a north and south stands, increased hospitality areas, and an enlarged roof, resulting in an increased capacity of 40,000 seats.<\/p>\n These plans were confirmed to go ahead in 2016 with works starting in March 2017. Works were gradually performed and took close to 2.5 years to complete with the new stadium reopening in September 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n Earlier that year, the stadium had been renamed Reale Arena following a naming rights deal with insurer Reale Seguros.<\/p>\n (Anoeta before the redevelopment in 2019)<\/p>\n Reale Arena is located toward the south of the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n at about 2 kilometres from the city’s bay, La Concha beach, and the old town. The distance from the city\u2019s main railway station is about the same.<\/p>\n From all these places the walk to the stadium can be made in about\u00a0 half an hour. The walk from the train station where most local trains arrive (Euskotren<\/a>) will be even shorter.<\/p>\nHow to get to the Reale Arena<\/h3>\n
![\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n(Anoeta before the redevelopment in 2019)<\/p>\nHow to get to the Reale Arena<\/h3>\nReale Arena is located toward the south of the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n at about 2 kilometres from the city’s bay, La Concha beach, and the old town. The distance from the city\u2019s main railway station is about the same.<\/p>\nFrom all these places the walk to the stadium can be made in about\u00a0 half an hour. The walk from the train station where most local trains arrive (Euskotren<\/a>) will be even shorter.<\/p>\n\n](\"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/anoeta\/anoeta1.jpg\"\n){kind=link}
![\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n(Anoeta before the redevelopment in 2019)<\/p>\nHow to get to the Reale Arena<\/h3>\nReale Arena is located toward the south of the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n at about 2 kilometres from the city’s bay, La Concha beach, and the old town. The distance from the city\u2019s main railway station is about the same.<\/p>\nFrom all these places the walk to the stadium can be made in about\u00a0 half an hour. The walk from the train station where most local trains arrive (Euskotren<\/a>) will be even shorter.<\/p>\n\n](\"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/anoeta\/anoeta5.jpg\"\n){kind=link}
![\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n(Anoeta before the redevelopment in 2019)<\/p>\nHow to get to the Reale Arena<\/h3>\nReale Arena is located toward the south of the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n at about 2 kilometres from the city’s bay, La Concha beach, and the old town. The distance from the city\u2019s main railway station is about the same.<\/p>\nFrom all these places the walk to the stadium can be made in about\u00a0 half an hour. The walk from the train station where most local trains arrive (Euskotren<\/a>) will be even shorter.<\/p>\n\n](\"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/anoeta\/anoeta6.jpg\"\n){kind=link}