the stadium was built during 1990–93 and was opened in 1994. after the stadium was closed in 2004, the stadium reopened in 2017 as atlético madrid's home ground. wanda metropolitano replaced their former home ground vicente calderón stadium. the first match in the stadium was on 18 september 2017 in a 2017-18 la liga match against málaga cf. the stadium was formerly known as "estadio de la comunidad de madrid" (madrid community stadium), "estadio olímpico de madrid" (madrid olympic stadium), and more commonly by its nickname "estadio de la peineta" (the comb stadium). naming rights were acquired by the wanda group, a chinese real estate company.