Stadium
After its foundation the team played its local matches at Campo de Las Tablas, inaugurated on 20 December 1931. The existence of this field ground is short because, on 23 December 1934, a new stadium was opened: Estadio Los Cármenes.
The club played in this stadium until 1995 when a new facility, named Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, took its place. It was inaugurated on 16 May 1995, with a capacity of 16,212 seats originally and was expanded to 22,524 after the last promotion to La Liga in the summer of 2011.
- Dimensions: 105x68 meters.
- Address: C/ Pintor Manuel Maldonado s/n.
- Inauguration date: 16 May 1995, Real Madrid-Bayer Leverkusen (1–0)
- First Granada CF match: 22 August 1995, Granada-Real Betis (4–1) XXIII Granada Trophy
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