[1][2][3] In its first years, Valencia lacked a playing field, so the club played its first matches on a vacant plot of land in the Algirós neighborhood, positioned between the Aragón station and the Guardia Civil barracks of the Algirós road (now non-existent), which measures 91 x 47 meters and which was not fenced and whose earth only lightly covered the gravel.

[1][2] Eventually, Octavio Milego, the first president of the club, and Gonzalo Medina, secured a lease for this area from its owner, Eugenio Miquel, for 100 pesetas per month.

[1][2][3][4] Once leased, however, the Valencian Football Federation did not allow matches to be played there until it was fenced, so Medina made an anonymous donation worth 25,000 pesetas, an amount that he had originally saved for his wedding that he had to postpone, and this donation was then used to prepare and fence the land as well as build the lockers and other maintenance issues.

[3] The official inauguration of the stadium took place on 7 December 1919, with a match against Castalia from Castellón, which ended in a scoreless draw, so a rematch was held two days later, in which Valencia claimed a 1–0 victory thanks to a goal from Eduardo Cubells, who was making his debut, and who went on to become one of the club's greats.

[1][3] Algirós thus played a crucial role in helping Valencia establish itself as the most dominant team in its region within just a few years of its foundation.