With its concept design for the new stadium, Huete Arquitectos studio, which has offices in both Marbella and Estepona, won the ideas competition. The mayor of Marbella Ángeles Muñoz characterized the idea as “contemporary, sustainable, and functional.” Even though only six projects made the cut for the final list out of 11 submitted, the Dream B1G project received the highest score. A football stadium with 8,000 capacity was required. Additionally, it has to have more than 900 parking places, an indoor, covered athletics track, a gym, and a fitness area.The tender for the comprehensive project study, for which 985,000 euros have been allotted, still needs to be submitted. The current stadium in the heart of Marbella will be demolished once the final plan is ready, with the removal of the lighting towers and the surrounding fencing of the area set for February of next year.

“The demolition itself will take place in September 2023, which will take about three months. From then on we will start liaising with local residents and in parallel, we will put out the tender for the work itself. The idea is that between 2023 and 2024 we can start building.” Muñoz said.