Barcelona are preparing to start paintings on remodelling the Camp Nou. Barca president, Joan Laporta, had a meeting this Thursday with Ada Colau, the mayoress of Barcelona, to speak approximately the Espai Barca project.
After this assembly, each talked to the media to announce the best news. Work will begin in June, with unique emphasis on the first and 2nd stadium and the area around the stadium.
"The redevelopment paintings on the Camp Nou, the epicentre of Espai Barca, will begin this month in June, simply when the season ends in accordance with the licence accepted this morning via the nearby council," part of Barca's statement reads.
Laporta instructed the media that this indicates Barca will play at the Montjuic stadium at some stage in the 2023-24 campaign. "In precept, we can most effective be on the Montjuic stadium for one season, from June 2023 to June 2024. It's viable that we are able to no longer go back to the Camp Nou till September 2024. But that would handiest be if the making plans of that third stand receives a chunk not on time. In priniciple, we ought to be again at the Camp Nou in June."
Ada Colau also pointed out the move to the Montjuic: "We have to talk about how to make this move. We'll ought to see anybody. We'll have to complete off the plans and then decide later on. This Thursday, we are announcing this agreement for the transformation of Espai Barca. This collaboration has come approximately after the task's approval.
Likewise, Barcelona introduced that the demolition of the 1/3 stand will now not take location until subsequent yr, because of the economic effect of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. "There has been a exchange in plan because of the warfare in Ukraine, due to the charge of merchandise. In order to reduce risks, the brand new 1/3 stand will not be completed until we flow to the Montjuic. We assume that this may no longer make us waste plenty of time," Laporta said.
Barca's plan is to return to the Camp Nou for the 2024-25 season, but at 50% capability. In the 2024-25 campaign, Camp Nou can be at around 50% capability and then in 2025-26, once work is finished, it will likely be one hundred% once more," he concluded.
