The Alfredo di Stefano stadium at Los Blancos’ training facility in Valdebebas was used for most of the pandemic’s games. They have since made their way back to the Bernabeu, where they had been playing while construction on the stadium continued. To hide the construction, big tarpaulins had been draped over some of the stands.
Meanwhile some fans at the top of the stadium have been without the usual cover provided from the roof. However Diario AS say that some of the supporters clubs have been informed of the set date of completion. This date has been delayed on several occasions, and originally it was thought the Bernabeu would be ready last December, but the new date is the 23rd of December.
That would mean that the Bernabeu would host 11 more games in its altered state before then, ahead of the grand opening. The first game at the completed Bernabeu would be Real Mallorca, currently scheduled for the 3rd of January.
As the Madrid daily point out, they will be glad that the finished Bernabeu will be able to host several big games in La Liga next season, with their home games against Athletic Club, Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona all coming in the second half of the season.
Work on the new Bernabeu began in July of 2019, and if the current date is confirmed, then it will have taken three-and-a-half years to finish the ground. Real Madrid predict that the new facilities will enable them to dramatically increase their earnings.
