Deportivo fronton

Deportivo

Full name	Frontón Deportivo
Location	Recalde str. 28 Bilbao, Bizkaia
Coordinates	43°15′53″N2°56′05″W / 43.264816°N 2.934827°W / 43.264816; -2.934827
Owner	Bilbao municipality
Operator	Club Deportivo de Bilbao
Capacity	950
Field size	52m
Opened	5 April 1931
Closed	October 2011

The Deportivo fronton is a Basque pelota fronton, used mainly in the modalities of hand-pelota, short bat, long bat, pala and paleta. It is located in Bilbao and owned by the local municipality. The 52-metre-long facility closed to the public in 2011 ^[1] (it is still used by the sports club based there, with reduced playing dimensions), ^[2] with events in the city moving to the Bizkaia fronton in the Miribilla district. ^{[3] [4]}

The fronton was home to the 1944 and 1957 1st Hand-Pelota singles championship, and the 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1994 2nd Hand-Pelota singles championship.

Championships

1st Hand-Pelota singles championship

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1944	Atano III	Felipe (1)	22-08
1957	García Ariño I	Arriaran II	22-11

2nd Hand-Pelota singles championship

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1958	García Ariño II	Azkarate	22-20
1959	Arkaia	Elgea	22-11
1960	Lejarazu	Atano X	22-09
1994	Santi	Armendariz	22-10

References

1. La pelota profesional se despide del Club Deportivo de Bilbao [Professional pelota says goodbye to the Club Deportivo de Bilbao], El Desmarque (in Spanish), 23 August 2011
2. Frontón Principal, Club Deportivo de Bilbao
3. El Deportivo baja la persiana, [The Deportivo lowers the shutters], El Diario Vasco (in Spanish), 5 October 2011
4. El Frontón del Club Deportivo de Bilbao, [Club Deportivo de Bilbao's Fronton], Blog de Cesar Estornes de Historia y Deportes (in Spanish), 6 March 2018