El Madrigal [Villarreal CF, Spain] by burchet24

Estadio El Madrigal is a multi-use stadium in Villareal, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches, as it is the home of Villarreal CF. The stadium with 25,000 seats was built in 1923. Due to the small size of the Vila-real town (less than 50,000 inhabitants) it is popularly said that the town is deserted when the Villarreal plays, as almost half of it fits in the stadium; the average attendance reaches 17,000 fans.

To be approved for the UEFA Champions League, stadiums have to fulfil a series of requisites, for which the Stadium had to be quickly renovated in 2005 to meet those regulations. The façade was covered with yellow tiles, both to improve aesthetics, and to benefit the local industry of tiles. The dressing rooms were also renovated, creating an office for the coach, physiotherapy room, and a bath and showers area. There were also created an office for the UEFA delegates, an anti-doping hall, and the room for press conferences was expanded.

The separation of the pitch from the public has been expanded one meter, and the entrance to the dressing rooms had to be revised. Two restaurants have been created inside the facilities, and the advertising system was computerized.