The intention of Barça is that new? Spotify Camp Nou will debut with a capacity of 60% of the total, about 64,000 fans, and with two of the three stands planned for the end of 2024. Those responsible for the club, the project and the construction, explained in a press appearance, that ” We are working with the intention of playing the first game when December ends, against Athletic or the Atlético de Madrid. The plan says yes, but as we tighten, the imponderables appear.”
The vice president of Barça Elena Fort, the technical director of the Espai Barça office, Luis Moyaand the director of operations, Joan Sentelles They outlined the club’s plans. By the end of this year, the first and second stands will be ready, both in terms of operation and accessibility. There will be simultaneous construction and use for the remainder of the 2024-25 season. At the end of the 2024-25 season, the overall roof of the entire stadium will be installed and when the 2025-2026 season begins “we will have a network of cables above that form the roof.” “It’s not going to be closed but we’re going to get the structure up.” In both 2025-26 campaigns the stadium will be used. “Full, complete take-up at the start of the 2026-27 season” with 104,200 viewers.
Elena Fortinsisting on the use of transparency that the club does throughout this process, wants to clarify that the return priority is to have all the security conditions to return with a full guarantee. although the Champions League is an ongoing dispute at the moment Montjuic. “We have no authorization from UEFA,” he stressed. Sentelles.
Barça tried to clarify the doubts about the construction of the third stand. Various reports indicated that it was battered and had a useful life of 20 years, so the decision was made to discard it and raise it again, also considering that the second one is protected by heritage. That leads to a new project and that means deadlines are shortened and the partner has the lowest possible impact.
The latest actions focused, therefore, on the pillars of the structure of the new third tier, with extensive foundation work, and proceeded with a series of repairs on the first and second tiers to level it and place the first seat The cap will be made between the 24-25 and 25-26 seasons.
The vice president Elena Fort He clarified that the works are following the plan and the planned deadlines. The idea was to try to reach the iconic date of November 29, in celebration of the 125th anniversary, but this will be delayed for several weeks, with mid or late December forecast. Failure to comply implies a penalty.
defense He emphasized, as he has done on other occasions, that, as the stadium was planned, the entire VIP area was in the first tier, which meant the movement of 13,000 or 14,000 members from the first to the third tier. And that was compounded by a certain situation in third grade. Therefore, this VIP area is located in the project between the second and third and the third is rebuilt.
Sentelles defined the control and monitoring stocks of a 1,450 million project of a fund with about 20 investors, led by the American banks Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. The meetings, he commented, were consistent and there was intense external control so that nothing deviated. He admitted that the rules of the contest, which he won Limak, were changed because from the beginning they were intended for Spanish companies and he insisted that the Turks met the requirements and rules of the contest, which corresponded to the demands of time and money. It is the best that guarantees the execution of work, in addition to “proven solvency.” The most important thing is safety and the board of directors of Laporta wants special emphasis on this.
The new was also discussed Palau. In the previous planning there was an error with a lower capacity, mainly, to put the Final Four. Centellas He explained that they were working on the design of a major project. The idea is to start building it in 2025 and finish it in 2027, but priority is given to Spotify Camp Nou, although the change does not indicate a “budget increase.” With the structure of 1,450 million financing, Palau adapts. It depends on how the works are completed. Right now, we’re on budget.”
He Espai Barça with the Palau and does not envisage any increase, so no authorization should be sought from the assembly of members. “There is no strict allocation for Palau We have 200 million that we hope that these contingencies will not happen and from there the Palau“.
Source: La Verdad
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