Madrid hosts exhibitions, shows, film screenings, conferences and workshops; its radio programming and magazine "Minerva" play an important part in the country's cultural life. Matadero Madrid, literally "Madrid Abattoir", is a complex situated by the river Manzanares whose buildings are an architectural ensemble devoted to performance arts, managed and programmed by the Teatro Español (Madrid). Matadero is a flexible area that allows the autonomous operation of three interconnected spaces: a theatre café, which accommodates small-scale shows; a large stage, for all sorts of genres and more experimental options; and a third building for dressing rooms and areas for training, debate, analysis
Madrid Derby also the first time two clubs from the same city played this final. The rivalry between the two clubs started at the very beginning of the twentieth century. The then known as Madrid Foot-Ball Club (founded 1902), the most powerful club in the Spanish capital, kept on making mergers and acquisitions of the best clubs of Madrid, which subsequently disappeared. At the same time, Madrid Foot-Ball Club also signed the best players from the clubs it did not acquired, which also made those clubs disappear, unable to compete against the white club. The then known as Athletic Club Madrid (founded