Atlético's stadium is renamed Cívitas Metropolitano

The Spanish company Cívitas will take over from Wanda and will include its name next to the Atlético de Madrid Metropolitan Stadium for the next ten years, as confirmed by the rojiblanco club on Monday, through its president, Enrique Cerezo, during the presentation of the City del Deporte, in which he explained that the aforementioned company will also be the club's "main sustainability" and "strategic" sponsor.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
19 July 2022 Tuesday 13:54
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Atlético's stadium is renamed Cívitas Metropolitano

The Spanish company Cívitas will take over from Wanda and will include its name next to the Atlético de Madrid Metropolitan Stadium for the next ten years, as confirmed by the rojiblanco club on Monday, through its president, Enrique Cerezo, during the presentation of the City del Deporte, in which he explained that the aforementioned company will also be the club's "main sustainability" and "strategic" sponsor.

"Our commitment to sustainability reaches the next level, thanks to the agreement with Cívitas for the next 10 years. Their alliance goes much further, it is not only our main sustainability and strategic sponsor," said the president, before announcing the agreement. "of great value" for the stadium to be called Cívitas Metropolitano.

"It's been 10 years. I can't confirm the rest," said Alejandro Ayala, the president of Cívitas, when asked about the economic amount that his company will pay out during this decade to name the Atlético de Madrid stadium after him, in addition to "management, consultancy, development and sustainability of all the installations that are made".

The agreement between the two entities was closed "in two months." "I know Miguel Ángel (Gil Marín) for other reasons, we started talking and when the possibility of collaborating with the club on such an exciting project arose, we decided. It seemed like a brutal project to me," he added.