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By Caroline James • Published: 12 Dec 2024 • 11:02 • 1 minute read
The Ayuntamiento de Malaga, the Diputacion and Junta de Andalucia discuss the future of Rosaleda Stadium. (Ayuntamiento de Malaga)
AFTER waiting almost 50 years for its chance, FIFA has confirmed Malaga as a venue for the 2030 World Cup. Yet local councils fear it will prove too costly for the city.
FIFA recently confirmed that Spain, Portugal and Morocco will jointly host the 2030 World Cup. An exciting moment for Spain’s football fans, as Spain hasn’t hosted a World Cup tournament since 1982.
Malaga‘s Roseleda Stadium is listed amongst the 11 Spanish venues proposed for the sporting event. However, the local councils who jointly own the stadium are less enthusiastic about the honour, as making the necessary renovations to the stadium is expected to cost around 200 to 300 million euros.
In addition to the expense of the renovations, the local councils would lose the income currently derived from the use of La Rosaleda’s commercial spaces. Also, creating the space to provide the 45,000 seats and all the additional requirements that FIFA demands to host an event of this type would mean extending the site into what are currently the Annex, Rosaleda Institute and the Guadalmedina Secondary School.
Although La Roseleda presents a challenge to Malaga’s hope of hosting a World Cup quarter-final, the city does fulfil other requirements such as hotel capacity, communications, hospital solutions and even capacity for VIP areas.
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