What is Vicente Calderón Stadium?
The '''Vicente Calderón Stadium''' (Spanish: ''Estadio Vicente Calderón'') was the home stadium of [[Atlético Madrid]] from 1966 to 2017. It had a capacity of 54,907 and is located on the banks of the Manzanares River, in the Arganzuela district of [[Madrid]], [[Spain]].<ref>{{Citation|title=CAPÍTULO TERCERO. CALDERÓN EN LA PRENSA DE LOS AÑOS FINALES DE LA DÉCADA ABSOLUTISTA|date=2011-12-31|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.31819/9783865279828-005|work=La recepción de Calderón en el siglo XIX|pages=157–208|publisher=Iberoamericana Vervuert|doi=10.31819/9783865279828-005 |isbn=9783865279828 |access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref> The stadium was originally called the ''Estadio Manzanares'' from 1966 to 1971, but this was later changed to the Vicente Calderón Stadium in 1972, in honor of their club President Vicente Calderón. The stadium was demolished in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2019/11/06/5dc30b19268e3e79158b4654.html|accessdate=January 21, 2024|title=Atletico Madrid: The time lapse of the Vicente Calderon demolition|publisher=[[Marca (magazine)|Marca]]}}</ref> == References == <references /> [[Category:Football stadiums in Spain]]