Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Wednesday November 20, 2024 at 8:03 p.m.
We will have to be patient to return to the original capacity of the Camp Nou. But the big comeback is near.
FC Barcelona, at this exceptional start to the season for the Blaugrana club, continues to play its home matches at the Montjuich Olympic stadium, as during the entire 2023-2024 financial year where Paris Saint-Germain notably came conquer on the heights of the city its qualification for the semi-finals of the Champions League (4-1 victory after a 2-3 defeat in the first leg at the Parc). It will ultimately take a year and a half of work to get back down to the historic lair of the Camp Nou.
A play-off or round of 16 of the Champions League chosen?
Elena Fort, the institutional vice-president of Barça, had once mentioned the end of 2024 for a resumption in La Liga. But according to information from our Spanish colleagues from El Pais, there would be logistical difficulties and an additional cost, linked to the simultaneous maintenance of two large capacity facilities operational, namely Camp Nou and Montjuich. It is therefore a possible play-off or round of 16 of the Champions League which could be chosen in a timely manner for this great return, potentially mid-February (11 and 18 for the play-offs) or early March (4 and 11 for the eighths). The match of the 24th day of La Liga against Real Sociedad is also targeted, on March 2.
Be careful, however, there will only be 62,000 places available in the first place, during a period that is expected to last. In fact, all of the 104,200 seats will not be available until the summer of 2026! The entire work must therefore last three years, in the wake of the Santiago-Bernabéu project which lasted four years from 2019 to 2023. Real Madrid notably took advantage of the Covid to start its work in advance, then the matches were held. played out for a long time in the presence of a large tarpaulin behind a goal.
