Atlético de Madrid's Ciudad del Deporte: timeline, cost and progress

Atlético de Madrid's Ciudad del Deporte is now a reality, with construction progressing at a good pace. It marks a pivotal moment in the club's history, and the project will deliver a huge leap forward socially, in sporting terms and financially.

Atlético de Madrid's Ciudad del Deporte will open in stages. The high-performance centre and the main facilities will be up and running in summer 2027, coinciding with the Champions League final at the Estadio Metropolitano and the first team's move from Majadahonda, while the large concert arena is scheduled for 2030.

Opening timeline: Atlético de Madrid's Ciudad del Deporte

Summer 2027: opening of the high-performance centre, the municipal plots, the wave pool and the golf area.

Late 2027: completion of the remaining areas of the sports complex.

2030: opening of the venue, or arena, for concerts and major events.

Where will Atlético de Madrid's Ciudad del Deporte be located?

It is being built around the Estadio Riyadh Air Metropolitano, in the Rosas neighbourhood, within the San Blas-Canillejas district of Madrid.

Key details of Atlético de Madrid's Ciudad del Deporte

Size: more than 265,000 square metres spread across municipal plots granted to the club.

Sports facilities: it includes a mini-stadium with capacity for 6,000 spectators, football training pitches, a high-performance centre, athletics tracks and spaces for grassroots sport.

Leisure and services: the complex also features green spaces, hotels, restaurants and leisure areas such as a surf park with an artificial wave pool.

Investment and timescales: the club is investing more than €350 million, and the project is moving through its various construction phases.

How many facilities does Club Atlético de Madrid currently have?

Ciudad del Deporte: the major new leisure and sports complex the club is building around the Estadio Metropolitano in the San Blas-Canillejas district of Madrid.

Ciudad Deportiva Cerro del Espino: located in Majadahonda, it is the historic base where the men's first team usually trains.

Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares: located in Alcalá de Henares, it is where the women's first team and the academy train and play.

The project

The Ciudad del Deporte is the large sports and leisure complex Atlético de Madrid is building around the Estadio Metropolitano, in the Rosas neighbourhood (San Blas-Canillejas). It covers more than 265,000 m² across five plots of municipal land that Madrid City Council is granting to the club for 75 years. Two of those plots are public facilities: the club builds them and then hands them over to the City Council to run. The other three remain with Atlético.

The investment in Atleti's Ciudad del Deporte

The club puts its investment at more than €350 million. In addition, each leisure facility is being developed through its own company, in which Atlético shares ownership with a specialist operator; according to some media outlets, the club's stake ranges from 5% to 50%. In November 2025, Forbes raised the total investment, including those partners, to €800 million.

What Atlético de Madrid's Ciudad del Deporte will include

The club's training centre. The High-Performance Centre covers around 65,000 m², with five training pitches and a mini-stadium holding more than 5,500 spectators with a sixth pitch. It will have gyms, video analysis rooms, dining halls and academy offices. The first team, Atlético Madrileño and the Under-19s will train there. The reserve team, the women's first team and the Juvenil A side in the UEFA Youth League will play in the mini-stadium.

Municipal facilities. These are two plots totalling around 60,000 m². One has a regulation eight-lane athletics track suitable for official championships, with an 11-a-side football pitch in the middle (which can be split into two 7-a-side pitches), another 11-a-side pitch, a 7-a-side pitch and a 110-metre indoor warm-up track. The other has four indoor multi-sport courts (handball, futsal, volleyball and more) and four outdoor padel courts.

Leisure and sport. The rest of the complex adds an artificial wave pool for surfing, golf facilities, a climbing wall, more padel courts, a services area with shops and restaurants and, in the final phase, an arena for concerts and major events holding around 20,000 people. The partners mentioned include Topgolf, Live Nation and Oak View Group, although sources do not agree on all the names and not every deal has been confirmed.

Current situation

Work began with the laying of the first stone on 2 July 2024, attended by the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, and club president Enrique Cerezo. At the time, completion was expected by the end of 2026. The schedule has slipped. In October 2026, Óscar Mayo, Atlético de Madrid's director general of business and operations, set out the new timeline for the Ciudad del Deporte in three phases.

June 2027, ahead of the Champions League final hosted by the Metropolitano: the full training centre, the municipal plots, the wave pool, golf and one of the main car parks.

Late 2027: the rest of the Ciudad del Deporte.

2030: the concert arena, with capacity for around 21,000 people.

The first team will leave the Majadahonda training ground in summer 2027. Cerro del Espino will continue to host the rest of the youth sides, and the women's team will move to Alcalá de Henares.

New Metro exit and M-40 access

The club has also announced a new Metro exit on the east side of the stadium for the end of the 2026/27 season, as well as a pedestrian footbridge to be paid for by Atlético. Talks are under way with Adif, Spain's rail infrastructure operator, over a Cercanías commuter rail station, with an estimated timeframe of two to three years. Car access from the M-40 ring road could still be improved, although work on this is ongoing.