Barcelona hopes to return home to Camp Nou since the first weeks of next season, a report has revealed.
The world famous stadium has not seen a ball that has been hit since the campaign of 2022/23, with Barça instead of playing “home” games at the Lluis Companys Olympic stadium in the Montjuic district.
It is intended to be a temporary measure for last season, but delays in the redevelopment project of the Camp Nou have been expanded to be housed to double their originally planned length.
But the last steps are being taken to ensure that the installation will be ready to start hosting games again in the coming months. Sports world He writes that the pitch has now been laid, completely installed in advance to allow it to be ready to play in September.
Barcelona It had previously confirmed that the process of passing would take about ten weeks and the time frame should also eliminate the setbacks and subsequent delays.
The Camp Nou project will not be completely completed next season. The stadium, while reopening, will have to operate at a reduced capacity. But, even higher than 60,000, it will be a larger step of Lluis Companys (55,000) in terms of size and, therefore, indispensable income of the day of light.
The final completion of all the renovation work is expected before the 2026/27 season, a restaurant thus the capacity of more than 100,000 once again.
In an official statement in February, Barcelona addressed the delays so far.
“The development of the works has been subjected to several imperdonables, a common situation in the projects of this magnitude,” said the club.
“Factors such as the availability of materials, the lack of skilled labor and the work not initially foreseen, aspects that have generated changes in execution schedules, are very close from the beginning.”
