Joan Laporta and Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau announced the news on Thursday. Barça will have to play at the Olympic Stadium throughout the 2023-2024 season, at the height of the Camp Nou renovation works which will begin next June. The “Espai Barça” (Barça space in Catalan) project, a long-term effort that will not be completed until 2025-2026, plans to transform not only the stadium but the entire sports complex of which it is part.
To finance the works, Barça took out a loan of 1.5 billion euros: 900 million euros for the Camp Nou, 420 million for the Palau Blaugrana used by basketball and handball and 20 million for the Johan stadium. Cruyff where the reserve team plays (Barça B). During the 2022-2023 season, the work will concern the first two levels of the stands and the surroundings of the stadium, which will allow the football team to continue playing there with a capacity of “almost 100%“, clarified Laporta.
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On the other hand, in the following season (2023-2024), the Blaugrana will move to the Lluis-Companys stadium, the Olympic stadium located on the Montjuic hill, not far from the city center, where the 1992 Games were held. of footballers at the Camp Nou will take place in the 2024-2025 season, but with a capacity reduced by half due to the continuation of the works. The renovation will be completed during the 2025-2026 season, during which capacity will not yet be 100%.
The renovation targets improvements in the areas of “sustainability, innovation, technology and accessibility“, explained the club in a press release which cite a 360 degree screen, the installation of 5G and systems improving energy efficiency as examples of the new features in the program.It will be the largest and most innovative sports and training space built within a city“, promised the president of the club.
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