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Barcelona have appointed an organization to work with followers on an space to “lead the gang chants” when the membership returns to Camp Nou.
Barca’s board permitted plans on Monday for an “animation house”, saying they may “take heed to everybody” and goal to approve proposals in June and July earlier than a “definition of the brand new sector and its members” is made in August or September.
The LaLiga leaders have been enjoying on the metropolis’s 49,472-capacity Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys since final season whereas main revovation works happen on the stadium they’ve known as residence since 1957.
📽 A take a look at the go to to Spotify Camp Nou by president Joan Laporta, Deco, Flick, Lamine Yamal, Gavi, and Pedri pic.twitter.com/EwGk4wBH5y
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 17, 2024
Spotify Camp Nou: Stadium set for brand spanking new part
“The plan is to have interaction in dialogue with all stakeholders who might have an curiosity in a devoted ‘animation house’,” Barcelona stated. “[This includes] membership members, gamers, employees, and consultants in such supporter schemes, amongst many others.”
Barcelona’s ultras, referred to as the Boixos Nois, have been banned from matches and travelling to away video games throughout membership president Joan Laporta’s first spell on the helm in 2003.
The group will not be concerned within the Supporters’ Stand at Barcelona’s short-term residence, which was closed indefinitely in November.
The membership stated the teams making up the stand ought to pay the overall of round £18,000 they’ve been fined by LaLiga, European soccer administrative physique Uefa and the Catalonian authorities over fan incidents for the reason that begin of 2023/24.
A kind of punishments got here in September, when Uefa fined the membership €10,000 (nearly £9,000) after a banner with Nazi connotations was displayed within the away finish throughout their Champions League sport at Monaco.
The teams have stated they aren’t accountable for the fines, whereas Soccer Supporters Europe provided solidarity and stated Barcelona had taken motion “with out offering proof” that the culprits “are literally related to the lively teams”.
Put in! ✅ The primary seats at Spotify Camp Nou! pic.twitter.com/o8gFsLW6CI
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 10, 2024
When will Camp Nou reopen? Newest on date
Barcelona had hoped to return to Camp Nou in the course of this season however introduced in January that the timeframe has been delayed till no less than Could.
The mission is offering the enduring stadium with a brand new roof and an elevated capability of 105,000 that can make it the most important in Europe when work is totally accomplished in 2026.
Whereas Barca’s common attendance was 83,498 at Camp Nou in 2022/23, that determine dropped to 39,843 final season and has been 45,010 thus far in 2024/25, in line with Transfermarkt.
Some followers advised The Athletic that they had stopped attending after changing into disenchanted with the way in which the group performed throughout former supervisor Xavi’s ultimate season in cost, whereas others advised the outlet that they had been unimpressed with the membership deciding to lift after which decrease ticket costs.
