February 3 – Having been near being with out a residence stadium with their return to Camp Nou delayed and the Olympic Stadium booked for different occasions, Barcelona have been granted a lifeline and have formally requested an extension to their keep on the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium till the tip of the season.
The membership had initially hoped to return to their religious residence by late 2024, however development setbacks pushed that concentrate on to February 2025. More moderen developments recommend even that timeline was optimistic, with March now the earliest doable return—although few would guess the home on it.
This poses a logistical headache for Barcelona, notably within the Champions League. UEFA rules require golf equipment to play all residence matches on the identical stadium all through the knockout rounds. With Camp Nou unlikely to be prepared in time for the final 16 in early March, the Olympic Stadium could be the default venue. Nevertheless, Barcelona had not anticipated needing it for thus lengthy and conflicting bookings – particularly a Rolling Stones live performance on the Olympic Stadium on the day of El Clasico (11 Could 2025) – had sophisticated issues.
Luckily for the membership, the live performance has since been cancelled to clear the way in which for Barça to proceed on the Montjuïc web site if crucial.
The Rolling Stones themselves had a partnership with the Catalan membership final season which noticed their branding function on the entrance of the Barcelona jerseys for a one-off look towards Actual Madrid – a possibility made accessible by the membership’s partnership with music streaming large Spotify, who normally occupy the entrance of the FC Barcelona shirt.
One hearsay advised that, if push got here to shove, Barcelona may host Actual Madrid within the second Clásico of the season at Wembley.
“FC Barcelona will ask BSM to increase the occupancy and operation of the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys till 20 Could, though the membership’s goal of desirous to play matches this season on the Spotify Camp Nou stays,” a membership assertion learn. “The Membership has discovered that BSM’s reservation of the power from Could for a musical occasion will more than likely not be made efficient.
“Subsequently, the non-confirmation of an occasion that the Olympic Ring had reserved opens the chance that FC Barcelona can play till the final La Liga match on the Olympic Stadium.
“The Membership needs to emphasize that the principle goal is to play matches on the finish of the season on the Spotify Camp Nou, and efforts will subsequently be intensified to realize this goal.”
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