The Spanish football team is completing the expansion of the ?Benito Villamarin? stadium with the support of three Linden Comansa cranes model 21LC290 from rental company Eleva Gr?as Torre. The works, which started during the summer of 2016 with the demolition of the previous old stands, are being carried out through the football season without affecting the competitive calendar of Real Betis, who has played all home games at the ?Benito Villamar?n?.
 
For the construction of the new structure, which will increase the stadium?s capacity in 8,000 seats, three 18-tonner Linden Comansa 21LC290 tower cranes were erected in October 2016, hired by general contractor Heliopol from rental company Eleva Gr?as Torre.

The stands under construction have a nearby street right behind them, which forced to close the traffic during two days and to speed up the assembly times. Furthermore, due to the reduced space between the new stands and the street, one of the cranes was erected on a 4.5-m cross base instead of the 6-metre base, which is more common in this model.

Since then, the three 21LC290 cranes work with a 54-m long radius, mainly lifting special formwork and precast concrete pieces of up to 7,000 kg in weight. To avoid interferences between the cranes, the one located in between has a height under hook of 56.3 m while the ones in the sides are working at a height of 42.6 m.

When the project ends, the new stands will have three heights or levels along with the rest of the venue and will not be independent any more. Thus, the ?Benito Villamar?n? will give from the outside the impression of a compact stadium and will have capacity for 58,000 supporters of Real Betis.