The Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, is the training ground of the Spanish football club

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. The centre which is named after the former Real Betis player

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, is commonly nicknamed as ''La fábrica verdiblanca''.

Overview

Occupying an area of 45,000 m², the complex is located on Avenida de Italia of Los Bermejales district in

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, adjacent to

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; the home of Real Betis Balompie. The training centre was officially opened on 19 December 1997 by then-president of the club Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, accompanied by the

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Carlos Amigo Vallejo the Archbishop Emeritus of Seville.

Facilities

*Estadio Luis del Sol is the central stadium of the Ciudad Deportiva with a capacity of 1,318 seats, is the home stadium of

Betis Deportivo Balompié Betis Deportivo Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded in 1942, it is the reserve team of Real Betis and currently plays in , holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, with a 3000 seating-cap ...

, the reserve team of

. The club's youth sides and the

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also play at the complex.Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol
/ref> *1 regular-sized natural grass pitch. *1 regular-sized artificial turf pitch. *1 seven-a-side artificial turf pitch. *Service centre with swimming pool, gymnasium and underground parking area for 63 vehicles.

References

External links

Ciudad Deportiva page at Real Betis Official website
Real Betis

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