This is the Spotify Camp Nou project one year after its restoration

Only one year left before the Spotify Camp Nou host again football matches and fans of FC Barcelona They can rest easy with the goal of getting home. The construction schedule remains as planned and in November 2024 it will be possible to enjoy football again in the Barça fiefdom if there are no setbacks. President Joan Laporta and several members of the board of directors first saw the evolution of the reform on Thursday, accompanied by those responsible for the Turkish construction company. Limak, and showed their enthusiasm for a project that should be the great legacy for Barcelona fans in the future. The entity is clear that the project is important to return the club to sporting and economic excellence and they are making a maximum effort to make it a reality.

While waiting for the news, the first idea that Barça has for the return Spotify Camp Nou are subscribers located at Olympic Stadium by Lluís Company They will have priority to choose their season ticket and in the event that the available season ticket seats are exceeded, there will be a draw, as happened during the games during the pandemic. The the capacity of the stadium will increase from 99,354 spectators to 104,600 and it will also reduce the waiting list of club subscribers. At the start of the 2026-27 season, with the stadium at full capacity, Barça members will regain their subscriber status and watch games from their usual seats, although there may be some minor changes in location when the configuration is changed of the seats. steps.

Advance in first installments

The remodeling works of Spotify Camp Nou They started last year with the partial demolition of Gol Sur’s third tier stand and in the last four months, now without football, there has been a huge evolution. The total demolition of the third tier has been completed, with the corresponding removal of all the seats from the stands, a job which Limak It improved by a month compared to initial forecasts and Barça was rewarded with a bonus close to one million euros. In addition, 50% of the excavation of the Grandstand and Side area has already been done to start building the foundations of the structure of the future stadium. In June the opening of Barça Immersive Tour, the new Museum located in the Ice Rink awaits its final location on the second tier of the stadium. Today, the speed of work is more than met.

A non-stop calendar

November 2024 is the scheduled date to play matches again Spotify Camp Nouand this can be seen in the remodeling contract with the construction company Limak. If progress is made as before, there will be more bonuses, but there are also possible penalties for the Turkish company if it does not meet the deadline. When the stadium returns there will be a capacity for 65,000 spectators between the first and second tiers and the roof structure and the third tier will also be completed. 50% capacity in VIP seats will be operational as well Museum definitive, found in the second tier.

The second phase of construction is planned for August 2025 with the aim of having 90% capacity in the stands for the initiation of 2025-26 season. The the tensioned wiring cover will be finished and will cover 104,600 locations. On those dates the opening of Barça Store on Spotify Camp Noualthough since it is located outside the stadium, its inauguration may take some time to clear the machinery around the stadium.

A year later, in August 2026he the stadium should be finished and 100% operational to host matches of Barça, both the men’s first team and the women’s European duels. It is then when the Spotify Camp Nou It will shine in all its glory.

Featured improvements

At Barça they are convinced that the Spotify Camp Nou It will be an architectural gem and one of the best stadiums in the world. In this situation, the remodeling project has several improvements so that the Barça fiefdom becomes a benchmark. One of the notable developments is the construction of a 360º tensioned cover that will cover all fans. It will have a size of 48,000 square meters, making it one of the largest tensioned roofs in the world. Around 1,400 tonnes of cable will be needed for the deck structure, which will consist of a cabling system to stabilize the bridge structure, with 18,000 cables twisted into a beehive shape.

Besides VIP also already mentioned in the construction phase, another of the great developments that will happen in the future Spotify Camp Nou will be created by a cinerary memorial with a capacity of 26,600 columbarium. Columbaria prices range between 250 and 6,000 euros. The memorial is not only intended to house the ashes of Barça fans and will also have 180 square meters available for 9,000 commemorative plaques, with a price of 300 euros.