Editing Las Palmas (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Estadiogc7septiembre2008.jpg|thumb|right|{{center|[[Estadio Gran Canaria]]}}]]
Las Palmas is home to three major professional sports teams. These are:
*[[UD Las Palmas]] – association football club playing in Spain's [[La Liga]]. The team play their home games at [[Estadio de Gran Canaria]], with a capacity of 32,665. The team used to play at [[Estadio Insular]] (which is now closed), with a capacity of 22,000. Honours: [[La Liga]]: Runner-up 1968–69, [[Copa del Rey|Spanish Cup]]: Runner-up 1977–78, Semifinal: 1974, 1984, 1997.
*[[CB Gran Canaria]] – basketball club playing in [[Liga ACB]] at the [[Palacio de Deportes de Las Palmas]], with a capacity of 9,870. Honours: [[Spanish SuperCup]]: 2016 Winner.
*[[La Caja de Canarias]] (''Club Voleibol J.A.V. Olímpico'') – women's volleyball club playing in [[Superliga Femenina de Voleibol]].

Las Palmas was one of the arenas of [[2014 FIBA World Championship]] for [[2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group D|Group D]], consisting {{nbt|Lithuania}}, {{nbt|Angola}}, {{nbt|Korea}}, {{nbt|Slovenia}}, {{nbt|Mexico}} and {{nbt|Australia}}. Matches were played in the new arena – [[Gran Canaria Arena]] with a capacity of about 10,000.

Many (mainly) outdoor sports are practised in city and neighbourhood, for example: surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, swimming, diving, skydiving, paragliding, running, cycling, rowing, tennis and golf (mainly in ''Las Palmeras Golf'', ''Real Club De Golf De Las Palmas'', ''El Cortijo Club de Campo'' and ''Oasis Golf''). Real Club De Golf De Las Palmas, inaugurated on 17 December 1891, is the oldest golf club in Spain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realclubdegolfdelaspalmas.com/2008/elclub_historia.php |title=Official page of ''Real Club De Golf De Las Palmas'' |publisher=Realclubdegolfdelaspalmas.com |access-date=11 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301173902/http://www.realclubdegolfdelaspalmas.com/2008/elclub_historia.php |archive-date=1 March 2011  }}</ref>