Estadi Mallorca Son Moix

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Estadi Mallorca Son Moix
Estadio Mallorca Son Moix
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Estadi Mallorca Son Moix
Full nameMallorca Son Moix Stadium
Former namesEstadi de Son Moix
(19992006, 20172020)
Ono Estadi (20062010)
Visit Mallorca Estadi (20202022)
Location Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Coordinates 39°35′24″N2°37′48″E / 39.59000°N 2.63000°E / 39.59000; 2.63000
Owner Ajuntament de Palma
Operator RCD Mallorca
Capacity 26,020
Record attendance23,244
Field size105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
OpenedJune 1999
Renovated2023–2024
Tenants
RCD Mallorca (1999–present)
Spain national football team (selected matches)

Mallorca Son Moix Stadium is a football stadium located in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, and serves as the home ground of RCD Mallorca. It is the largest stadium in the Balearic Islands and the 26th largest in Spain. Since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic it was known as 'Visit Mallorca Stadium' having been re-named in a partnership with Consell de Mallorca to help resume the tourist activities on the island -its main resource.

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The stadium is located in the Can Valero industrial zone in north-west Palma, 3 km from the city center and 13 km from the airport. It can be seen from the Vía de Cintura, Palma's urban motorway. Previously known as the Son Moix Stadium (Catalan : Estadi de Son Moix, Spanish : Estadio de Son Moix), the Iberostar Stadium (Catalan : Iberostar Estadi) and the Ono Estadi, [1] the stadium was built for the 1999 Summer Universiade. [2] In 1999, RCD Mallorca obtained an agreement with the city council to use it for the next 50 years, replacing their previous stadium, Estadio Lluís Sitjar.

The stadium has a capacity of 23,142 people, making it the largest in the Balearic Islands. [3] It has a bowl shape design with two of the stands having two tiers. The stadium was designed to allow for further development of both ends, eventually creating a fully two-tiered stadium with a capacity of over 40,000. These plans now look unlikely as further detailed below. A small temporary stand is sometimes erected on the athletics track; this can be removed for athletics events.

International games

The Spain national football team has played three international matches at the stadium; the most recent one was on 8 June 2024 against Northern Ireland in a friendly match, with Spain winning 5–1.

Future

Any future improvement plans seem to be on hold, with RCD Mallorca preferring to explore the construction of a new stadium. This is in part to the club and their landlords being in disagreement over improvements to the existing stadium. [4]

Panoramic of the Visit Mallorca Stadium Panor mica de Son Moix (569234728).jpg
Panoramic of the Visit Mallorca Stadium

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Preceded by Universiade
1999
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