According to press reports, Real Madrid is quietly changing the name of its famous stadium, Santiago Bernabéu.
Real Madrid named their current stadium after former player and president Santiago Bernabéu in 1955, eight years after the stadium opened, and celebrated a major renovation of the stadium earlier this year.
As he pointed out signThe club is now changing the way it advertises the stadium, previously simply referring to its home as “Bernabeu”, with “Santiago” dropped from the name.
It wasn't done officially, but it was all done Madrid's commercial dealings refer to the stadium as the Bernabeu only. If club officials wish to change the name of the stadium once and for all, they will have to go through a shareholders' assembly.
Real Madrid are trying to turn the stadium, which has long been known as the Bernabeu among English speakers, into a marketing center capable of attracting huge interest by hosting and promoting events, and it is believed they have decided that a shorter stadium name would help them. a reason.
The stadium is still served by a metro station named after Santiago Bernabéu, who spent 35 years as president before his death in 1978 and is widely credited with implementing the foundations of Madrid's enormous success over the past 70 years.
