Barcelona not returning to Camp Nou this season means a €28m funds loss for membership – report

Barcelona not returning to Camp Nou this season means a €28m funds loss for membership – report

Barcelona haven’t had a lot luck with progress within the renovation of Spotify Camp Nou all season, and each successive report solely dampens the keenness additional.

The Catalans have been initially anticipated to return to their residence stadium in direction of the top of 2024 and noticed the deadline pushed to February 2025. 

Within the newest delay replace, it was revealed that the stadium would solely be obtainable in direction of the tail finish of the season, presumably for the El Clasico in Might.

Now, nevertheless, it appears unlikely that the staff will return residence this season.

Financial repercussions

As relayed in a current replace by Jordi Cardero, Barcelona not returning to Spotify Camp Nou this season means a lack of €28 million of their funds which comes as an enormous blow for the administration.

In spite of everything, the membership are set to lose out on large ticket gross sales, not solely by way of the variety of seats up for grabs but in addition the costs of particular person seats and the turnout of followers who should journey much less to look at the staff in motion.

Camp Nou returns retains getting delayed. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Photographs)

Joan Laporta and Co. will thus look to amortize the loss by displaying the income from the gross sales of Unai Hernandez, Vitor Roque, and others, though it’s clear that it’s an surprising blow for Barcelona.

What complicates the matter additional is the truth that Camp Nou could not even be obtainable till January 2026, that means the staff could not have their residence venue till the midway level of subsequent season.

The large bottleneck in opening up the stands for public lies in the truth that the venue is not going to meet the required safety ranges, and security emergency exits and won’t meet the necessities put forth by the firefighters.

Additional, the development of the VIP packing containers which has been commissioned by exterior firms, will take no less than three months to be prepared and sure even longer.

Barcelona will thus full the present season at Montjuic and it stays to be seen if they’re compelled to kick off the brand new marketing campaign on the identical venue as properly.