Overview
- Madrid’s High Court upheld the annulment of the concession for two underground car parks next to the Santiago Bernabéu, siding with the neighborhood association that brought the case.
- Judges rejected appeals by the City Council and Real Madrid and ordered costs of €6,000 for the Ayuntamiento and €12,000 for the club.
- The ruling cites significant post-hearing changes to the project’s financial study, incompatibility with the Plan Especial and PGOU, lack of public interest for a 650‑meter access tunnel, and deficient traffic evidence.
- Plaintiffs and reporting also noted the absence of an environmental impact assessment and a specific safety study for the tunnel, reinforcing the court’s conclusions.
- Works have been halted since a September 2024 suspension order, and the mayor now signals dropping the Padre Damián plan while exploring a legal use for the partially built Castellana facility; Real Madrid has not commented.