Barca scramble for work-arounds as return to Nou Camp seems set for additional delay

December 19 – The extremely anticipated return of FC Barcelona to their non secular house, the enduring Camp Nou, seems set to be delayed but once more.

The multi-million Euro mission has encountered a string of setbacks, and now it seems that the staff is not going to be enjoying at house till subsequent season regardless of Barca president, Joan Laporta, insisting the intention stays to play there from March.

The stadium prices have been estimated at €900 million, with prices for the broader Espai Barca mission at €1.5 billion.

Initially the plan was for Barca to return to the Camp Nou in November to mark the membership’s one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary, however that date has disappeared into the ether of development.

Laporta is now pushing for a March 2025 date, which might be timed for the knockout phases of the UEFA Champions League, however reviews are that even that date seems unlikely.

As with every main development mission the satan is within the particulars and progress within the improvement has been slowed as extra work than was beforehand anticipated must be carried out on the second tier of the stadium.

Then there’s the query of the enjoying floor. The Camp Nou pitch is extra akin to a golf placing inexperienced, nevertheless, the enjoying floor continues to be coated in equipment. To correctly set up a world-class pitch requires as much as three months of preparation to permit nature to take its course and permit the floor to mattress in.

Laporta’s insistence that the membership return house in March relies on numerous elements together with the UEFA provision that after Barça have performed a house knockout recreation within the Champions League, they can’t change the venue for his or her house matches for the remainder of the season.

Remaining completion of the stadium is slated for the summer season of 2026 with a projected capability of round 105,000. Within the meantime, as development continues the attendance will initially be capped at round 60,000.

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