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Club: RC Celta de Vigo | Opening: 1928 | Capacity: 31,800 seats<\/p>\n
Estadio Municipal de Bala\u00eddos opened in 1928 after a three-year construction period. The first match was played between Celta and Real Union on the 30th of December of that year (7-0).<\/p>\n
The stadium got gradually improved over the next decades, but received its current shape between 1968 and 1971 when three of the four stands got rebuilt. The result was an enclosed fully covered bowl with a capacity of 40,000 places.<\/p>\n
The one remaining old stand, the south stand, got rebuilt for the 1982 World Cup. The new two-tiered stand was significantly larger than the previous stand, but because seats were installed in most parts of the stadium capacity dropped to 33,000.<\/p>\n
During the 1982 World Cup, Estadio de Bala\u00eddos hosted the three group matches of eventual winner Italy.<\/p>\n
Estadio de Balaidos hardly changed in the following decades and over the years severely aged. In 2010, plans were presented for the complete rebuilding of the stadium into a modern 42,000-seater, however as these were part of the failed Spanish 2018 World Cup bid, these got eventually shelved.<\/p>\n
A few years later though, new more modest plans were presented for a gradual renovation and rebuilding of the stadium with the stands being extended towards the pitch, refurbished, and a new roof and exterior covering all stands.<\/p>\n
Works began in the summer of 2015 on renovating the Tribuna stand on one of the sides, which were completed in early 2017. The next phase is going to be the redevelopment of the Rio stand on the other side.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n\t\t\t\t \n \n
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