Anoeta Stadium

Anoeta Stadium, officially Estadio de Anoeta, is a football stadium in San Sebastián (Donostia) in Spain’s Basque Country and serves as the home ground of Real Sociedad. It opened in 1993 and has been the club’s principal venue since then.

The arena’s principal features are its grass playing surface and surrounding spectator stands configured for football; it also hosts concerts and large public events. A major renovation completed around 2019 lowered the running track and rebuilt stands to improve proximity to the pitch and increase capacity to roughly 39,000 spectators.

Originally constructed to replace an earlier municipal stadium on the same site, Anoeta has evolved through structural upgrades and modernisation to meet contemporary spectator and broadcast standards.

The stadium sits within the city of San Sebastián and is accessible by urban transport links; it is located a short distance from the city centre and is integrated into local sports and cultural life.

• Primary use: The stadium is home to Real Sociedad and is used primarily for football matches; major fixtures and concerts are held there.
• Renovation and capacity: A major renovation between 2017 and 2019 reconfigured stands and improved sightlines, increasing the spectator capacity to around 39,000.