Barcelona pledge to upgrade Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium ahead of temporary move

Barcelona have dedicated to upgrading the amenities on the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium for when the membership briefly relocates there in 2023/24.

The long-term renovation work on Camp Nou is about to get underway, however the subsequent few years of the undertaking have been deliberate out in order that the membership will be capable to keep subsequent season.

As previously confirmed, preliminary work will give attention to the stadium’s first and second tiers, in addition to know-how points, the encompassing space and exterior. The third tier will then be demolished subsequent summer season, guaranteeing Camp Nou can nonetheless function at full capability till then.

Barça will return to Camp Nou for the 2024/25 season, however at diminished 50% capability, with the plan for the renovation to be absolutely full in time for 2025/26.

Lluis Companys, set within the inexperienced and hilly Montjuic space of town, was first opened in 1929 and was renovated within the late Eighties in time to host the 1992 Summer season Olympics.

Having beforehand been house to Espanyol from 1997 till 2009, Barça will now make sure the venue is as much as normal to host video games in La Liga and the Champions League.

“Barcelona have dedicated to bringing the Olympic amenities updated and modernise providers and areas just like the press field, dressing room and inner parking,” Joan Laporta has confirmed.

Lluis Companys has a capability of 60,000, which is round 30% lower than a full Camp Nou.

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