{"id":5346,"date":"2011-10-16T00:46:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T00:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebathcollection.com\/inspiration\/la-nueva-catedral-del-futbol\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:21:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:21:01","slug":"the-new-cathedral-of-football","status":"publish","type":"inspiration","link":"https:\/\/www.thebathcollection.com\/en\/inspiration\/the-new-cathedral-of-football\/","title":{"rendered":"The new soccer cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El antiguo estadio del <strong>Athletic Club de Bilbao<\/strong> con m\u00e1s de 100 a\u00f1os de antig\u00fcedad, sede de uno de los grandes clubes del f\u00fatbol europeo y conocido como \u201cla catedral del f\u00fatbol\u201d, da paso a un nuevo estadio reconocido en el World Congress Stadium 2015 en Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Located practically in the same place as the old one, the new stadium, which has Category 4 status \u2013 the highest awarded by UEFA \u2013 was built in two phases, in such a way that it allowed the team not to have to play away games.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The location of the new stadium as the end of the <strong>Bilbao Ensanche Urban Project<\/strong>, offering a privileged view of the estuary, turns the building into an architectural piece that manifests itself with strength and assertiveness, but at the same time with respect for the other buildings that complete that area of the city. From this reflection arises one of the first aspects taken into account in its design, such as the conception of the built volume as an urban building, in relation to others and not as a mere sports facility.<\/p>\n<p>In the stadium bathrooms, they were installed in a row <strong>Bologna Sinks by Bathco<\/strong> belonging to the rectangular porcelain collection, simulating with the red wall, the team's crest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>","protected":false},"featured_media":5347,"parent":0,"template":"","inspiration_categories":[52,595],"class_list":["post-5346","inspiration","type-inspiration","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","inspiration_categories-proyectos","inspiration_categories-contract"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>La nueva catedral del f\u00fatbol - Bathco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebathcollection.com\/en\/inspiration\/the-new-cathedral-of-football\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La nueva catedral del f\u00fatbol - Bathco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"El antiguo estadio del Athletic Club de Bilbao con m\u00e1s de 100 a\u00f1os de antig\u00fcedad, sede de uno de los grandes clubes del f\u00fatbol europeo y conocido como \u201cla catedral del f\u00fatbol\u201d, da paso a un nuevo estadio reconocido en el World Congress Stadium 2015 en Qatar. 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