Estepona Breaks Ground on Its New Velodrome, Football and Rugby Complex

Estepona has broken ground on one of its most ambitious sports projects to date. On 15 July, Mayor José María García Urbano laid the first stone of the town’s future velodrome, a complex beside the Monterroso stream and the Camino de las Mesas that will combine a cycling track, a full size football pitch and the first dedicated rugby facilities Estepona has ever had.

The project goes well beyond a single venue. It creates a periurban park of more than 20,000 square metres, with an oval cycle stadium at its heart. The banked track will be ringed by tiered stands with an initial capacity of around a thousand spectators, and the main building will house changing rooms, a gym, offices, storage and public toilets.

Next to the track, a latest generation artificial turf pitch has been designed to host both rugby and 11 a side football. The playing field follows the technical standards set out by Spain’s Higher Sports Council (the NIDE regulations), while the cycling track itself is being built to the specifications of the UCI, the sport’s international governing body. In other words, this is a facility intended for serious competition, not just weekend use.

Timeline and investment

The project has been moving through the pipeline since 2025, when the town hall first put the works out to tender, and construction actually began in early June, starting with the groundwork: connecting the plot to water, sewerage and electricity. The contract was awarded to UTE Parque Estepona for 3,652,569.85 euros including VAT, and the winning bid shortened the original schedule. The full build is now expected to take nine months, which points to completion during 2027.

For local riders, this has been a long time coming. Cycling clubs and athletes joined the mayor at the ceremony, and the town hall acknowledged that a proper cycling facility has been a demand from professionals and enthusiasts for decades.

A bigger plan for the Monterroso corridor

The velodrome is one piece of a wider transformation in the northwest of town. The council is working on a project to integrate the Monterroso river into the urban fabric, creating a public area that will link up with the Parque Ferial y Deportivo and with the town centre itself.

Housing is part of the same push. The town hall is processing a planning modification that would release land for around 300 subsidised homes (VPO) in the Monterroso area, adding much needed affordable housing alongside the new sports and leisure facilities.

What this means for Estepona

Projects like this one are a good reminder of why Estepona keeps climbing the rankings of places to live on the Costa del Sol. The town has spent years investing in everyday quality of life, from parks and sports facilities to schools and healthcare, and that investment shows in how the property market here has matured. If you’re getting to know the area, our Estepona area guide is a good place to start, and the Casco Antiguo and Altos de Estepona guides cover two of the town’s most distinctive neighbourhoods. And if you’d like to see what new build homes look like here, take a look at Maralto, a contemporary development of apartments and penthouses with sea views close to the town centre.