Barça will accelerate the works of the Spotify Camp Nou taking advantage of the World Cup break

   MADRID, 25 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

FC Brcelona will accelerate the works of the Spotify Camp Nou taking advantage of the break in LaLiga Santander for the World Cup in Qatar, which will begin on November 21 this year, with the demolition of the outer ring, the cantilever that protrudes from the facade of the South Goal and half of the third tier of the same goal, part of which is counterweight, according to a club statement issued this Monday.

"The club will accelerate the remodeling works of the Spotify Camp Nou, epicenter of the Espai Barça, taking advantage of the break in the League championship for the World Cup in Qatar, scheduled for the months of November and December," reported the Catalan team.

The works will begin on September 1, will end at the end of December and will affect 3,182 season ticket holders at Gol Sur, who will be relocated or offered a temporary moratorium, according to the club's note. As for the second tier, 1,215 subscribers, located between entrances 315 and 322, will go from having a covered to an uncovered location.

The works will be concentrated between gates 34 and 46, and between gates 521 and 422, and once the partial demolition of the third tier has been completed, pillars will be built for gates 315 to 322, and for gates 01 to 021, 116 to 121 and 211 to 221.

The actions will consist of the demolition of the outer ring, the cantilever that protrudes from the façade of the South Goal (where the Health Assistance Center was located), and half of the third tier of the same Goal, part of which acts as a counterweight. The demolition will be done by the traditional system, through mechanical means, and the preliminary work to prepare the area will begin on September 1, with the dismantling of equipment and facilities, of the restaurant areas, of seats and accessories. , of railings and beams, and with the removal of the electronic video scoreboard of the South Goal.

According to Barça, this action will save time in a "complex and large-scale" work and will be "very useful" to start verifying processes and speed of the new construction, in view of the bulk of the works planned for the 2023-season. 2024, where sports practice will move to the Lluís Companys de Montjuïc Stadium.

The club will start with the South Goal because this will be the entry point for all the telecommunications of the future stadium and where all the technological connections will be built. In the coming weeks, the works will be tendered, which will have a maximum cost of 4.6 million euros and will be assumed within the framework of the bridging loan signed last summer.

The vice-president and head of the Barça Institutional Area, Elena Fort, explained what these works will consist of. "This involves removing the Gol Sur backpack, which as it counterbalances, implies having to remove a third of the third tier and also the video scoreboard. This affects a total of 3,782 locations, 3,182 of which are season ticket holders," he said. .

"We are obviously concerned about this affectation, which we always do for an improvement, because it will help us to carry out the treatment of the construction processes and it is a test that will also help us to advance the works much more quickly," he predicted.

Finally, he stated that they have decided to "allow the temporary leave" of the affected subscriptions. "Third tier season ticket holders affected will be relocated to the same third tier in similar or better places, and the 1,215 second tier season ticket holders, who go from being covered to uncovered, what will be done is an adaptation of the season ticket price" , he concluded.