The Nou Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain has been branded a ghost town as it sits, unfinished and 'lifeless', 16 years after construction first began.

The vast and towering Nou Mestalla stadium, originally set to accommodate 80,000 supporters and positioned on a former factory site, promised a surge in tourism for Benicalap's locals.

Indeed, Valencia’s Nou Mestalla was crowned the “world’s greatest football stadium” ahead of its completion. But the Spaniards ended up running into financial trouble, racking up debts of ...

Sport Football UEFA Champions League ‘My life has been ruined by 80k seat ghost stadium – that could all change if they finish it’ Valencia's Nou Mestalla has been left abandoned for over a ...

Valencia's Nou Mestalla stadium has finally been given an opening date after being abandoned for 16 years. Dubbed the "world's greatest" stadium, the 70,000-seat arena was originally meant to open ...

VALENCIA were supposed to move into their 80,000-seater Nou Mestalla stadium ahead of the 2009-10 season. But all these years on, and fans are still waiting. In 2007, boasting a squad featuring the… ...

The Nou Mestalla has not been worked on since 2009. (Image: Getty) It was billed to be the greatest football stadium in the world, but instead it lies unused, incomplete, and shrouded in mystery.

It saw building work on the Nou Mestalla put on ice, with the ground being left to rot for the past 16 years. But now, Valencia have announced they’ve secured funding worth £275m which will ...

Recently, Valencia confirmed that work on the Nou Mestalla had resumed after a 16-year break, and the project should be completed in the next few years. Thus, there will be plenty of time for it ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Valencia CF has secured financing totaling 322 million euros ($377 million) for the development of the Nou Mestalla stadium, the Spanish football club said on Thursday.