"Santiago Bernabeu Stadium."

The Estadio Santiago Bernabeu is an all-seated football stadium in Madrid, Spain.It was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 and is owned by Real Madrid Club de Futbol.It has a current capacity of 85,454 spectators.El Bernabeu renamed in honour of their former chairman Santiago Bernabeu Yeste, is one of the world's mos famous and prestigious football venues.It has hosted the European Cup final on four occasions:in 1957,1969,1980 and the UEFA Champions League Final in 2010.The finals for the 1964 European Nations Cup and the 1982 Fifa World Cap have also been held at the Bernabeu.

The bernabeu is both second-largest stadium in Spain and the second-largest stadium home to top-flight European club,behind only Camp Nou home to rival Barcelona.Overall, it is the third-largest stadium in Europe,behind Camp Nou and Wembley Stadium.
The Santiago Bernabeu is located on the Paseo de la Castellana,in the districts of Chamartin.It occupies the block bounded by the Paseo de la Castellana and the streets of Concha Espina,Padre Damian,and Rafael Salgado.

On June 22 1944,the Banco Mercantil e Industrial bank granted a credit to Santiago Bernabeu and Rafael Salgado for the purchase of the land adjacent to the old Estadio Chamartin.On 5September 1944,architects Manuel Munoz Monasterio and Luis Alemany Soler were hired and the structure on the site began to give way to the new stadium.On 27 October 1944,construction work on the stadium began.
The Nuevo Estadio Chamartin was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 with a match between Real Madrid and the Portuguese side Os Belenenses which resulted in a 3-1 victory for Los Blancos.The stadium had an initial capacity of 75,145 spectators,27,645 of which had seats(7,125 covered) and 47,500 for standing fans. Sabion Barinaga was the first player to score in the stadium.

When Florentino Perez became the president of Real Madrid , he launched a ''master plan'' whith one goal:to improve the comfort of the Santiago Bernabeu and the quality of its facillities,and maximise revenue for the stadium. Perez invested €127 million in five years (2001-2006) by adding an expansion to the east side of the stadium as well adding a new facade on Father Damien street,new costumes,newboxes and Vip areas ,a new sage in honour of the east side , a new press area(also located on the east side),a new audio system,newbars,integration of heating in the stands,panoramic lifts,new restaurants,escalators in the tower access and implementation of the multipurpose building in Father Damien street.

Following the enlargement of the lateral east side and the cration of new galleries the capacity of the Santiago Bernabeu was 80.354 all seated.The last change was an increase og about five thousand to a capacity 80.454,effected in 2012.
in 2007 the 1,000th game played at the Santiago Bernabeu.In addition the latest revision of UEFA on 27,on the occasion of Champions League match against Olympiacos,served as a final step to give the Santiago Bernabeu elite stadium status on 14 November 2007 a month before the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the inauguration of the stadium.Uefa announced that the club will officially rename the elite stadium.