Work begins on the new soccer field with which Estepona will expand its public sports facilities

The new facility, with the possibility of being transformed into two different spaces for 7-a-side soccer, is located next to the Palacio de Congresos.

The Estepona City Council is expanding the network of sports facilities in the city with a new 11-a-side soccer field located next to the Palacio de Congresos, which is already under construction. The project is a public-private partnership, being the owners of the land the ones in charge of the execution of the works, which have a contracting budget of 784,211 euros. The facilities will be transferred to the municipality and the City Council will be in charge of their management. This has been indicated by the mayor, José María García Urbano, who has pointed out that “it is a soccer field that is intended for public use and in a few weeks may begin to be used”.

The soccer field, designed for the practice of 11-a-side soccer, will have dimensions of 110×68.50 meters, and will offer the possibility of playing on two 7-a-side soccer fields inside. It will have artificial turf and complete equipment: two benches for players and another one for the fourth referee, as well as two stands with a total of 144 seats, of which half of the seats in each of the stands will be covered.

The City Council, through the Municipal Sports Department, has reached an agreement for the city’s grassroots soccer teams to train in these new facilities.

Meanwhile, the City Council continues to work on the processing of the works for the replacement of the turf in the Muñoz Pérez Stadium. The mayor explained that the works have already been awarded, although the procedures have been delayed because the first company that won the tender did not meet the requirements of the competition and it was necessary to cancel the first award and make a new one.

On the other hand, García Urbano has advanced other sports equipment projects in which the City Council is working. In this regard, he commented that “we are moving forward with the velodrome project, in which there will be enough space for a soccer and rugby field. Also in the area of Puerta del Mar Avenue there is a plot of land for sports use in which we are planning to build a swimming pool and some sports courts, is an idea that we have already advanced.

Estepona has increased in the last 13 years the sports facilities with important facilities such as the climbing wall, the Fair and Sports Park, where you can practice more than twenty disciplines for free throughout the year, the Athletics Stadium, which has become a benchmark in Andalusia, or the various tracks that have been created both in the neighborhoods and in residential areas of the suburbs.