US EditionInside Barcelona's Camp Nou Chaos: What Is Happening and Why?
The $1.5 billion Camp Nou refurbishment faces safety-related delays forcing Barcelona to play at alternative venues, costing the club up to $1.1 million per match, officials said.
- Barcelona began refurbishing their iconic Camp Nou stadium in June 2023 but have faced multiple delays preventing reopening.
- The delays stem from increased material costs partly due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, flooding forcing two changing rooms' rebuild, and stricter noise regulations.
- Barcelona must meet safety requirements including evacuation timing, as it now takes four-and-a-half minutes to evacuate at full capacity, half the previous time of eight minutes.
- The club is under financial pressure due to a $4.7 million expense for temporary use of Estadi Olímpic Lluis Companys and faces the possibility of reduced earnings from their annual 70 million-euro Spotify agreement if Camp Nou does not reach at least 90 percent capacity by the season’s end.
- The original 1957 stadium will reopen later than the targeted 2026 date, with the stadium roof installation delayed until summer 2027, prolonging the club's need for alternate venues and financial impact.
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France24Inside Barcelona's Camp Nou chaos: What is happening and why?
November 2024 was supposed to be the grand reopening of a rebuilt and resplendent Camp Nou for Barcelona's 125th anniversary, but 10 months later the stadium is still shuttered amid reconstruction chaos.
There is no soccer or institutional rush to return as soon as possible to Camp Nou. Everyone knows that the works are delayed and that they are expensive, from the most domestic to the most monumental. Why then does Barça live in this continuum of announcements, lies, lies and agonies around the return to his stadium? The explanation is the destruction of a club, which nevertheless flourishes in the strictly sports.The rush to return to Camp Nou…
Although the Blaugranas wanted to return to their stadium this weekend, the Barcelona City Council assured that there are still deficiencies to be solved.
The Barça hoped to host the Real Sociedad on Sunday in front of 27,000 spectators, in its stadium still under construction.
When Barcelona closed its legendary but decadent stadium in May 2023, the Catalan club expected to reopen the renewed Camp Nou only a year and a half later, but 16 months after the scheduled date, the bluegrass team is still unable to step on its court, which increases the financial problems of...
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