Barcelona inform fans club will not return to the Camp Nou this season
Barcelona will not return to the Camp Nou this season after confirming supporters' tickets at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys will be extended through to the end of the 2024-25 campaign.
Barcelona had initially intended to return to playing their home games at their iconic ground before the end of 2024 following the stadium's refurbishment, but this has faced persistent delays.
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The club has written to its socios (members), in an email seen by The Athletic, to inform them that their season tickets at the Lluis Companys will be extended through to the end of the season, with all remaining 2024-25 La Liga and Champions League fixtures to be played at the venue.
Work began to refurbish the Camp Nou and increase its capacity to 105,000 — the largest in European football — in June 2023 and Barca have played at the Lluis Companys ever since. The 55,000 capacity stadium on Montjuic was renovated for the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Barca president Joan Laporta had outlined aims to re-open Camp Nou at a reduced capacity to mark the club's 125th anniversary on November 29 2024. However, in October the club said the return would not take place in 2024 and would instead happen in the 'second half' of the season. In November this was pushed back again until at least February, and in January this was further delayed until May at the earliest.
Barcelona and builders Limak have agreed a date of June 2026 for the ground to be completed. In September, the price of the Camp Nou reconstruction project was projected to be €900million ($975m, £753m at current exchange rates).
Remaining at Montjuic has cost Barca financially, with attendances lower than anticipated after only 17,552 fans out of 80,274 season-ticket holders took up the option to move to the stadium. The club had made 27,385 places available.
For the 2023-24 season, it was estimated that playing at Montjuic would cost the club about €90m ($97.5m, £75.3m), taking into account lost revenue and money spent to get the ground match-ready.
Barcelona are top of La Liga and are set to return to action against Osasuna on March 27.
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