Change of plans for the Spotify Camp Nou revamp | OneFootball

Although Barça’s plans for this season were to be able to finish it with the third tier full, there has been a change of plans. The club’s board, together with those responsible for the construction of the new Barça stadium, has decided that the third ring will be brought into operation as soon as the roof is installed, according to the newspaper SPORT.

This decision is due to the limitations of the Barcelona City Council permits, which did not allow the third tier to be opened in phases, but rather required it to be opened in full. In addition, the club has decided to focus construction efforts on the more than 8,000 seats located in the VIP boxes that will be between the second and third tiers, since the club has an agreement with Goldman Sachs and the other Espai Barça investors stating that 75% of the boxes should be active by March. It should also be added that the club believes these VIP boxes will generate more revenue than opening the third ring for this season.

The Spotify Camp Nou VIP boxes project. Source: FC Barcelona.

Therefore, as Barça’s vice-president for economic affairs, Ferran Olivé, stated, this season will end with around 70,000 seats operational at Spotify Camp Nou. Next season, as the club had already planned, it will begin at the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc. That said, although Barça only has an agreement with the city council for 5 months (between June 2027 and January 2028), experts point out that the roof works could take longer than the months originally planned.

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