Description

The planned new stadium for Valencia CF, Nuevo Mestalla, was first presented at the end of 2006. Construction work started in August 2007, but in February 2009 construction was halted due to funding difficulties. However, the project is still being planned and may still resume in the future. The stadium, designed by the architecture firm Arup, would initially have a capacity of 74,000 seats. It is one of its most characteristic features that its exterior consists of 22,500 overlapping aluminium elements that are said to represent Valencia's districts and the river Turia.

Nuevo Mestalla is being built in an area near Valencia's north side. It is near many new developments, about two and a half kilometers from Valencia's city center, and four kilometers from Estadio Mestalla.

In December 2011, the club announced that it had reached an agreement with main creditor Bankia, and that works on a somewhat scaled-back stadium were to resume in 2012. However, Valencia was not able to find the necessary funding and works did not resume.

In November 2013, the club and city again presented reduced plans that reduced capacity to 65,000 seats with an expected $90 million needed to complete the stadium. However, these again came to nothing.

Over the years, amendments were proposed but progress was slow. At one point, the club wanted to move into their new ground by 2022, but since plans to replace the old Mestalla stadium were cancelled, the urgency for moving has decreased.