Valencia accelerates Nou Mestalla roof works as old Mestalla sale process advances

Valencia CF have reported fresh progress at Nou Mestalla, with the club and contractor FCC Construcción moving into a critical phase on the stadium’s main roof structure that underpins the summer 2027 delivery timetable.The club said work is advancing on the roof’s compression and tension rings, with visible progress on the superstructure as the project shifts from concrete completion into heavy steel and cable installation.Valencia said 30 pillars and 21 compression rings have now been installed as part of the build programme, with the wider roof structure designed to weigh about 4,800 tonnes and sit on 50 S355 steel pillars.The club said partners including Horta Coslada and PFEIFER are supporting the roof works, including installation of pillar support structures that enable cable tensioning and associated scaffold and protection systems.Valencia also positioned Nou Mestalla as a sustainability and energy project, with plans for an on-site photovoltaic installation as part of the wider stadium build.A separate project update said the construction timetable is tightening as Valencia try to align stadium completion with surrounding infrastructure that will support safe ingress and egress on matchdays.Sources close to the project said: “Construction should begin very soon. The towers will not be ready for the stadium’s inauguration, because that is impossible, but work on them must begin.”The same documentation set out the urban development objective around the stadium site.“The aim is also to create, through the open spaces within the block, a suitable urban environment open towards Avenida Corts Valencianes and the new stadium, in order to provide wide views of the stadium, make use of the synergy between the different functions and enrich the city with a dynamic and attractive space.”Alongside the build, Valencia are running a parallel commercial process that is central to the overall financing logic of the move, centred on selling and redeveloping the land occupied by the current Mestalla stadium.Project updates say an exclusive sales mandate for the site has been in place since October 15 with a real estate adviser, with an auction-style bidding phase expected to conclude in late April and the transaction targeted to complete before the end of 2026.The same updates indicate that any buyer would also be responsible for demolition costs, estimated at at least €10m, adding an additional variable to pricing and timeline.Taken together, the roof milestone and the parallel real estate programme highlight Valencia’s push to convert a long-delayed stadium build into a broader property-led reset, with delivery discipline now key to unlocking new matchday revenues and non-matchday uses from 2027 onwards.