Europa Point Stadium was a proposed UEFA Category 4 multi-function stadium to be built in Gibraltar.HistoryThe stadium was initially expected to be ready in 2016. It wass to be built at Europa Point, Gibraltar's southernmost tip, and was to serve as Gibraltar's national stadium.It was expected to replace the Victoria Stadium as the national stadium following the Gibraltar Football Association's admittance as a full member of UEFA in May 2013.On 24 May 2013, Allen Bula the national team coach said: "We expect work to begin soon, it will be 10,000 all seater which is well above the UEFA minimum criteria which is 8,000.""We will also have provision to expand that, but it will be a top-class venue which will also aid any of our teams who may be competing at UEFA level."In April 2017, the GFA announced that it had agreed to purchase the Victoria Stadium from the government for redevelopment, essentially ending plans to build on the Europa Point site. However, the Gibraltar government announced that it would build a new sporting complex on the sites of Europa Point and Lathbury Barracks using funds from the sale of Victoria Stadium.CriticismThere is however some opposition locally to the intended siting of the Stadium in Europa Point, a petition is being circulated to oppose the location of the venture. The nine-point petition states that if the stadium is built at Europa Point, one of the only open flat spaces still left in Gibraltar will be ruined, as will the panoramic views of the Strait, Morocco and Spain. It says the stadium would change the iconic profile of the Rock and lead to significant traffic problems on match days.
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Gibraltar