Real Madrid CF is arguably the most famous football club in the world. Los Blancos, as the team is colloquially known, has won more Spanish league titles and European Cups/Champions Leagues than any other football club, and has more fans than any other club, worldwide.
However, anyone who has been watching Real on TV recently might have noticed that the iconic Santiago Bernabeu stadium has been well below its 80,000 capacity, with only 50,000 spaces available for fans during the 2021-22 season.
That’s because the Bernabeu renovation project, which began in 2019, is still nowhere near completion.
Planned upgrades include a retractable roof and pitch, a new outer shell, and the engineering of more space inside the stadium.
The original date for the project’s completion was put back to January 2023 due to Covid, with club officials hoping it would be ready for the 75th anniversary of the opening of the original stadium.
Recent announcements suggest that...