[7][8][9] Betoño became the home ground for the Alavés B-team[10] and C-team[11] who at that time were competing in the third and fourth tiers of the Spanish football league system.

However, the club's fortunes declined rapidly under the ownership of Dmitry Piterman, with the senior team falling to the third level, the B-team to the fifth and the C-team disbanding, and in 2006 Vitoria-Gasteiz city council reacquired control of the facility.

Since becoming owner of Alavés in 2013,[19] Josean Querejeta forged close links between the football club and his basketball team Saski Baskonia including a joint training initiative for children (5+11 Foundation).

[23][24][12] The higher land value of Betoño and its importance to amateur football in the city were considerable obstacles in the club's proposals to re-acquire ownership of the complex.

[25] As part of a wider project involving a €50 million investment in the Alavés infrastructure and stadium jointly financed between the club and public bodies,[24] in summer 2017 an agreement in principle over the purchase of Betoño, involving an annual fee to the city until 2020 when a land purchase fee of €6 million would be paid, accompanied by a proposal for the local teams to have use of Ibaia for their matches,[26][27] appeared to have been reached in summer 2017,[28][29] but some months later this became less certain when the price of the land involved, including the former Michelin factory adjacent to the sports complex, was set at €16 million by the city council, prompting Alavés to release an alternative plan to purchase farmland to the east of the Buesa Arena, outside the city limits of Vitoria-Gasteiz.