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January 23 – Actual Betis have launched new renderings of their bold plan to modernise the Benito Villamarín Stadium in Seville, with development slated to start on the finish of the present season.
The revamped venue is about to be accomplished for the 2027/28 marketing campaign, promising to redefine the matchday expertise for followers whereas positioning the membership for long-term monetary development.
Throughout an Extraordinary Common Shareholders’ Assembly on Tuesday, membership president Ángel Haro shared contemporary particulars in regards to the mission. The choice to rebuild the stadium displays Betis’s want to deal with its growing older infrastructure and make a “qualitative and quantitative leap in revenue” to bolster the membership’s competitiveness on and off the pitch.
The membership will combine a leisure facility adjoining to the stadium, which is able to embody a big resort, a clinic, and a wellness centre. These additions goal to create a year-round vacation spot for guests and additional diversify Betis’s income streams.
In the meantime, the brand new Benito Villamarín may have a lowered seating capability of 60,000, in comparison with the present 60,721. Nevertheless, this adjustment is designed to make method for elevated VIP seating, which is able to rise from 1,200 to three,700 seats.
Haro acknowledged fan criticism of the VIP enlargement however identified that Betis’s strategy is modest in comparison with rivals. By comparability, Barcelona’s revamped Camp Nou will characteristic 7,000 VIP seats, whereas Sevilla’s Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium dedicates roughly 10% of its capability to premium seating.
The brand new stadium will even boast a brand new roof in addition to built-in sound, lighting, and video know-how to reinforce the fan expertise. Two new video scoreboards will exchange the present ones, whereas rainwater assortment programs will meet with the membership’s sustainability efforts.
Building is underway and Betis will quickly transfer to Seville’s Estadio de La Cartuja, in an effort to trigger minimal disruption to followers through the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons.
Whereas there was some resistance from followers, Haro stays assured that the mission will ship each a greater matchday expertise and the monetary basis wanted for Betis to proceed its development. As he advised shareholders, the brand new stadium represents “a vital step ahead” for the membership.
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