Madrid's decision to play the remainder of the league in Valdebebas has allowed it to give a spectacular acceleration to the renovation work at the Bernabéu. But a small inconvenience may arise at the start of the next League (2020-21 season) if it is confirmed that this will start from next September 12, as Javier Tebas himself has already stated. The issue is that until a month ago, the Higher Sports Council itself, given the seriousness of the coronavirus health crisis at that time, publicly stated that there could not possibly be a public in stadiums “until the year 2021”.
This calculation allowed Madrid to request the construction company FCC, which carries out the modernization works for the Bernabéu, to speed up the entire process due to the possibility of being able to spend seven and eight months without interruptions, something that happened every time the white team had they had to play a game in their stadium, forcing the dismantling of machinery the day before and repeating the operation the day after, which wasted a lot of time in the irregular rhythm of work. That is why the lawn has been completely raised and a large part of the stands at the sides and at the bottom have been removed , with the aim of installing as soon as possible that ultramodern retractable lawn that will turn the Bernabéu into a multipurpose for concerts, conferences and shows that will make the installation profitable considerably.
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But the desire of Thebes is for the 2020-21 League to start in September with 30% capacity in the stadiums, in November it would increase to 50% and in January it would reach 100%. In other words, the pace of construction at the Bernabéu must now be further accelerated if the club does not want to see itself as a structural logistics problem. Valdebebas does not have the capacity to accommodate that 30% of capacity allowed (in the case of Madrid there would be 25,000 fans and in Di Stéfano there will only be 6,000). For this reason the club will ask that the first two home games of the next League be played outside and thus reach at least until October without having to face the return of the team to its Paso de La Castellana stadium. In these summer months (June-July-August-September) the retractable grass must be installed, rebuild a new grandstand in the lower parts of the stadium (where there is now only cement, rubble and gravel) and install the new seating. It will make it more convenient and comfortable for fans. Bernabéu, hurry up.