Atlético Madrid Tickets and the Metropolitano: How to Get In

Ask a Madrileño which of the city’s two big clubs a visitor should try to see, and the honest ones will tell you it depends on whether you want a famous building or a football match. If it is the match you want, atletico madrid tickets are usually the easier route in: a 70,000-seat stadium with a working Metro station at the door, a members’ window that lasts two days rather than weeks, and a crowd that treats an ordinary league game as if something were at stake.

This page is the Atlético half of the story. For the city’s four professional clubs side by side, start with our guide to football in Madrid; if your heart is set on the Bernabéu, our Real Madrid tickets guide covers that much harder ticket. Below: where to buy, how the members’ priority works, what the remaining 2026-27 home fixtures are, how to get to the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, the rules at the gate, and the stadium tour if your dates miss a home game. Details were checked in November 2026 against the club’s own pages; ticket prices change match by match, so check each one on the club’s ticket page when it goes on sale.

Atlético Tickets at a Glance

Why Atlético Is the Easier Ticket

None of this means Atlético tickets are easy in an absolute sense. The club announced in 2026 that it had passed 165,000 members, against roughly 70,000 seats, and a large share of the stadium is held by season-ticket holders before a single ticket reaches the public. What makes the difference for a visitor is the shape of the sale.

At Atlético, the members’ priority is short and defined. The club’s fans FAQ gives members an exclusive 48-hour window before general sale for all home matches, and a second 48-hour window once the kick-off time is confirmed. When that window closes, whatever is left goes to everyone. For a Wednesday night Champions League game against modest opposition, or a mid-table La Liga visitor in January, a fair amount usually is left. For the derby against Real Madrid, very little is.

The practical upshot is that you can plan a weekend around an Atlético home match with some confidence, which is rarely true of the Bernabéu. Pick a fixture against a mid-table side, watch for the general-sale date, and buy on the first day. The games that sell out in the members’ window are the ones you would guess: the derby, the visit of Barcelona when it falls at the Metropolitano, and the late rounds of the Champions League.

There is also a less tangible reason to choose Atlético. The Metropolitano is a football stadium first. There is no museum-grade spectacle, no stream of tour groups photographing the dressing room on the morning of a match. The noise starts early, the south end sings for ninety minutes, and you are more likely to be sitting next to a season-ticket holder than another visitor. If that is the experience you came for, it is a better night out than the more famous ground across town, and cheaper to reach.

How to Buy Atlético de Madrid Tickets

The club’s own rules for members and spectators list the official channels: the club website and the member’s Área Personal, the box offices (taquillas) at the stadium, the Atleti Store on Gran Vía at number 47, and Entradas.com, the club’s authorised ticketing operator. That is the whole list. Anything else is resale.

Step by step

1. Find the match. The club’s ticket listing (the “Entradas” section of atleticodemadrid.com) shows every home fixture with its competition and date. La Liga games appear as a two-day weekend until the league fixes the kick-off time.
2. Note the sale dates. Each match page gives the date members can buy and the date general sale opens. For the Champions League game against Viking on 25 November 2026, members could buy from 7 September and the general public from 9 September.
3. Be ready on the first morning of general sale. The online shop runs a virtual queue on busy days, so you may wait in line before you reach the seat map. The better seats in the cheaper zones go first.
4. Choose a zone and pay. Card payments go through your bank’s online verification, so have your phone to hand.
5. Download the ticket to your phone. The club’s FAQ says tickets bought on the website are downloaded to your mobile and do not need printing. Do this at the hotel, on wifi, rather than at the turnstile.

Buying at the stadium or on Gran Vía

If you are already in Madrid, the box offices at the stadium and the Atleti Store at Gran Vía 47 are both official sales points. The store is the easy one to reach from the centre, a few minutes’ walk from Callao and on the stretch covered in our Gran Vía guide. Box office hours change around fixtures and are not printed on the club’s main ticket pages, so check before you make the trip out to the stadium just to buy. The club’s general enquiries office, at Paseo de los Colchoneros 1, keeps office hours: Monday to Thursday 09:00 to 19:00, Friday 09:00 to 15:00.

The one section you cannot buy

The lower tier of the south end, Fondo Sur Grada Baja, is where Atlético’s loudest support stands. Tickets there are sold only to members, are named and non-transferable, and are checked against the holder’s ID at the turnstile. If a resale site offers you a seat there, it will not get you in. Away supporters’ tickets, likewise, are not sold at Atlético’s box offices; they go through the visiting club.

What about resale sites?

Search for Atlético tickets and the first results will be resale marketplaces, often priced well above what the club charges and listed in dollars or pounds. The club’s own resale arrangement is for season-ticket holders, who can release their seat through the website or app up to two hours before kick-off, and released seats come back on sale through the club. For a visitor, the rule is simple: if it is not one of the official channels above, you are paying a premium for a ticket with no guarantee from the club behind it. Wait for general sale instead.

Should You Join as a Member?

Atlético membership costs €78 a year for an adult, €54 for a junior and €39 for a child, according to the club’s fans FAQ, and that fee does not include a seat. What it buys is the 48-hour head start, member prices on match tickets, and cheaper entry to the Tour & Museum (€11 instead of €25 for an adult).

For one match on one trip, it rarely pays. The members’ window matters most for the big fixtures, and for those you are competing with tens of thousands of long-standing members who have the same window. For a visitor who comes to Madrid every season, or a family planning two or three matches and the tour, the sums start to work. Ask yourself whether you would be buying a ticket for the derby or a ticket for a January league game. If it is the second, general sale will almost certainly serve you just as well.

How Atlético Ticket Prices Work

For the general public, Atlético prices each match on its own, by zone, and the price appears on the seat map when sale opens. Three things move it:

• The opponent and competition. A Champions League night or the visit of a big club costs more than a league game against a side in the bottom half.
• The zone. Seats along the touchlines cost more than seats behind the goals, and the lower tiers more than the upper ones.
• Who is buying. Members pay less than the general public, and the club limits how many member-price tickets one member can buy in a single transaction (six).

If you want a rough sense of value before sale opens, the best thing to do is look at the seat map for a match already on sale. It is far more reliable than the figures quoted by resale sites, which show their own marked-up prices.

Which seats to choose

The club says 96% of the seats in the Metropolitano are under the roof, which matters more than it sounds in a Madrid winter, when an evening kick-off can be cold and the odd storm blows through. Upper-tier seats are steep and high but give a clean view of the whole pitch, and they are the ones most likely to be left at general sale. For atmosphere, sit as close to the south end as you can; for watching the shape of the game, the sides of the upper tier are hard to beat. If you are bringing children, a side stand in the lower tier is the calmer choice.

Atlético Home Fixtures Still to Come in 2026-27

The club’s ticket listing in November 2026 showed these home games after 12 November. La Liga kick-off times are confirmed by the league round by round, usually a few weeks ahead, so treat the weekend as the date until the club’s page shows a time.

Two fixtures you might expect are missing. The derby at the Metropolitano has already been played, on 20 September 2026, so the return league derby, on 4 April 2027, is at the Bernabéu. And there is no home match against Barcelona on the club’s list for the rest of the season. Cup ties and any Champions League knockout games are added as the draws are made, so check the listing again if your trip is in late winter or spring.

Our pick for a visitor? The two Champions League nights. A midweek European game under the lights, with the anthem and a visiting crowd, is the Metropolitano at its best, and against opponents like these general sale is more realistic than for a big league weekend. Among the league games, the visits of Athletic Club and Real Sociedad carry the extra edge of Basque fixtures with long histories, and Rayo and Getafe bring a short-trip local crowd. If you want the easiest possible ticket, look at the January and February league fixtures.

The Metropolitano also stages the 2027 Champions League final, which the club mentions on its tour pages. Tickets for that are sold by UEFA, not Atlético, so check UEFA’s own site for how and when to apply.

Getting to the Riyadh Air Metropolitano

The stadium sits on the eastern edge of the city, in the San Blas-Canillejas district, and the club’s own getting-there page puts the Metro at the top of the list for good reason. On match days the roads around the ground are closed or congested and parking is for pass holders only.

Metro

• Estadio Metropolitano, Line 7. The station is beside the stadium. Line 7 runs through the north of the centre, with stops at Gregorio Marañón and Avenida de América, where you can change from several other lines.
• Las Rosas, Line 2. About a quarter of an hour’s walk. Line 2 runs from Sol and Ópera, so it can be the simpler route from a hotel in the old centre, with no change needed.
• Canillejas, Line 5. Also about a quarter of an hour’s walk. From the Canillejas interchange, EMT runs a special matchday bus to Plaza de Grecia beside the stadium, starting two hours before kick-off and running until an hour and a half after the final whistle.

Use the Metro’s journey planner for the time from your hotel; on a match day, allow extra for the crowds at the stadium end. Our Madrid Metro map guide explains the network, and the transport card and fares guide covers which ticket to buy. A transport card covers the return journey and the rest of your weekend.

After the final whistle, the queue for Estadio Metropolitano station can be long. Walking to Las Rosas or Canillejas instead often gets you home sooner, and the walk is a chance to see what the result did to the crowd.

Bus and car

The club says 15 EMT city bus routes and 20 interurban lines serve the area. Driving is the poor option. On match days the stadium car parks are only for holders of a parking pass or parking ticket; they open at 12:00 (10:00 for a 14:00 or 16:15 kick-off) and stay open until two hours after the match. A taxi or ride-hailing car is possible on the way out but hard to find on the way back; our Madrid taxi guide explains fares.

Matchday Rules at the Gate

Atlético’s rules for spectators are stricter than many visitors expect, and stewards apply them. The ones that catch people out:

• Nothing over 500 ml or 500 g. That covers drinks and rigid food containers. A small plastic bottle is fine; a large one is not.
• No suitcases or prams, no umbrellas with metal tips or golf umbrellas, no selfie sticks and no reflex cameras. Unlike the Bernabéu, the Metropolitano has a left-luggage service, which helps if you are arriving straight from a train.
• No alcohol. It is banned inside the stadium. So are smoking and vaping.
• Children. Under-14s must be with a responsible adult. Young people aged 14 and over need their own ticket, their ID and a parental authorisation.
• Late arrival. No one is let in after the 70th minute.
• Re-entry. If you need to leave and come back, re-entry is allowed only between the 30th and 70th minutes.

The club does not print a gate-opening time on its main ticket pages; check its access conditions for your match. In practice, aim to be at the stadium 45 minutes to an hour before kick-off. Security queues build up in the last half hour, and you will want to be in your seat for the anthem.

Inside the Stadium

Atlético left the Vicente Calderón, its home by the Manzanares, for the new stadium in 2017. The building took the name of a Chinese sponsor at first, and many locals still call it simply the Metropolitano. The current name comes from Riyadh Air, which became the club’s main sponsor in August 2023 on a nine-season deal; the stadium was renamed the Riyadh Air Metropolitano in October 2024.

The club gives the capacity as about 70,692. The bowl is steep and enclosed, and the roof traps the sound, which is why a full house here is one of the loudest in Spain. On European nights the roof edge glows red and the lights are part of the show.

There is food and drink inside, but with alcohol banned it is non-alcoholic beer, soft drinks and quick food rather than a pre-match session. Most Madrileños eat and drink near home and travel out. If you want the build-up, have lunch or an early dinner in town; a menú del día at lunchtime before an evening match is the classic local move, and the bars around Gran Vía will have the pre-match coverage on.

No Ticket? The Atlético Tour & Museum

If your dates miss a home match, or the one you wanted has sold out, the Tour & Museum is the fallback. It is run by the club at Paseo de los Colchoneros 11, beside the stadium, and the visit combines a guided route through the stadium with an interactive museum of the club’s history.

Prices are higher at the ticket office, so book online. The club suggests allowing about two hours: roughly an hour for the tour and an hour for the museum. An audio guide costs extra, changing the date costs €5, and tickets are not refundable. There is also a Kids Challenge for younger visitors, and the club sells premium versions and packages that include match day; check the tour site for those.

Opening hours

• 7 January to 31 March, and 14 October to 30 December: daily, 11:00 to 19:00.
• 1 April to 13 October: daily, 11:00 to 20:00.
• On 24, 25 and 31 December, 1 and 6 January, and on match days, check availability before you go. Visits on a match weekend may be changed.

Is the tour worth it?

For an Atlético fan, yes, easily. For a neutral visitor with time for one stadium tour, the honest answer is that the Bernabéu tour is the bigger production, with more to see and a much larger museum, at a higher price (from €37 online); our Bernabéu tour guide has the details. The Metropolitano tour is cheaper, quieter and less crowded, and it suits families well. Where it really earns its place is as a pairing: a tour on the morning of a match you have tickets for, or on the day after.

Atlético Femenino

Atlético’s women’s team plays in Liga F, and in 2026-27 its home games are listed at the Centro Deportivo Alcalá de Henares, the club’s training complex east of the city, rather than at the Metropolitano. The club’s women’s ticket page marks the venue as subject to confirmation for some fixtures, so check it for each match. Tickets are sold through the club website. Getting there needs more planning than a trip to the Metropolitano; if you are combining it with a visit to the old university town, our Alcalá de Henares day trip guide covers the trains.

Atlético or Real Madrid: Which Ticket for Your Trip?

If you can see only one match, and the fixture lists give you a choice, Atlético is the safer bet for actually getting in and the more rewarding one for atmosphere. If the Bernabéu is the point of the trip, take its tour and watch the match in a bar; our Bernabéu matchday guide covers the day itself if you do get a ticket.

A Simple Atlético Matchday

• Morning: download your ticket to your phone and check the kick-off time and the club’s access conditions.
• Lunch or early dinner: eat in town. Kick-offs at 21:00 are common, so dinner after the match will be late, even by Madrid standards.
• Two hours before: head out on Line 7, or Line 2 to Las Rosas if you want to walk the last stretch with the crowd.
• An hour before: be at the stadium, through security and in your seat in good time for the anthem.
• Full time: walk to Las Rosas or Canillejas rather than queue at the main station.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it easier to get Atlético tickets than Real Madrid tickets?

Usually, yes. Atlético gives members a 48-hour exclusive window before general sale, and for most league and league-phase European games there are seats left when it closes. The derby and the biggest European nights are the exceptions.

Where do I buy official Atlético de Madrid tickets?

On atleticodemadrid.com, at the stadium box offices, at the Atleti Store at Gran Vía 47, or through Entradas.com, the club’s authorised ticket agent. Anything else is resale.

How much are Atlético tickets?

Prices are set for each match and each zone, and appear on the seat map when sale opens. Big opponents and Champions League nights cost more; seats behind the goals and in the upper tier cost less than those along the touchlines. Members pay less than the general public.

Can I buy tickets at the stadium on the day?

The stadium box offices are an official sales point, so it is possible when a match has not sold out, but it is a gamble. Buying online when general sale opens is far safer.

Do I need to print my ticket?

No. Tickets bought online are downloaded to your phone and scanned at the turnstile.

How do I get to the Metropolitano?

Take Metro Line 7 to Estadio Metropolitano, beside the stadium, or Line 2 to Las Rosas or Line 5 to Canillejas, each about a quarter of an hour’s walk away. On match days EMT runs a special bus from the Canillejas interchange.

Can I take a bag into the stadium?

A small bag, yes. Suitcases, prams, large umbrellas and anything over 500 ml or 500 g are not allowed, but there is a left-luggage service.

Is there beer at Atlético matches?

No alcohol is allowed in the stadium. Expect non-alcoholic beer and soft drinks.

Can I get tickets for the Madrid derby at the Metropolitano?

The 2026-27 derby at the Metropolitano was played on 20 September 2026. When it comes round again, expect members to take almost every seat in their 48-hour window. Watching it in a Madrid bar is the realistic plan for most visitors.

Is the Atlético stadium tour worth it?

For fans and families, yes: it costs €25 for adults online, takes about two hours with the museum, and is rarely crowded. Neutral visitors with time for only one tour may prefer the Bernabéu’s.

Related Madrid Guides

• Football in Madrid: all four clubs, tickets and matchdays
• Real Madrid tickets
• Bernabéu matchday guide
• Real Madrid stadium tour tickets
• Madrid Metro map guide
• Madrid transport cards and fares
• Things to do in Madrid

Photo Credits

Night match at the Metropolitano: Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid by Sevicombo10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The stadium facade under its earlier name: Madrid – Estadio Wanda Metropolitano 07 by Zarateman, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Spain v Classic All Blacks inside the stadium: España vs Classic All Blacks by JonnyJonny, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Estadio Metropolitano Metro entrance: Acceso grande a estadio metropolitano (metro) by Snooze123, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Line 7 platform at Estadio Metropolitano: Estadio Metropolitano 0353 by Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.