The old Camp Nou is already history. Limak’s workers have practically already knocked down the third tier. From the already imaginary southern goal of the Barça stronghold, the forms of the Olympic Stadium of Montjuïc can be seen, the temporary home of Xavi’s Barça at least until November 2024. The clock of the Olympic facilities built in 1927 is setting the pace of the works of adaptation of a stadium that has not been used for a football match since 2013.
These days the operators are installing the necessary telephone trenches to install the fiber cabling. You have to comply yes or yes with the scheduled schedule. On August 8, Barça will open its temporary home by playing the Joan Gamper trophy against a team that will most likely be Italian. In order to have time to finish conditioning the stadium, the club asked to play the first two league games as a visitor. It won’t be necessary. Times have been cut and Barça will be able to play at home on the second day. It will be the weekend of August 20 against Cádiz.
The hours of the Olympic clock advance. Not so the number of paid members who have reserved their pass to go see the team. The club calculates to distribute 15,000 season tickets, a far cry from the 27,000 reserved for members of a stadium that will have a capacity for 49,000 people. Members who are not holders of a season ticket but who are on the waiting list may request their pass exclusively between June 26 and 28. That same Wednesday at 12 noon, the process will be extended to all members until July 6.
The first works to adapt the Olympic stadium to the needs of the club and the requirements requested by LaLiga began last December. Work began on the pitch, changing the drainage, irrigation and water treatment system. In addition, general work was carried out to fit out the changing rooms, the grandstand reserved for the press and the installation of competition systems and television broadcasting, which closed the first adaptation phase at the end of April. The Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay concerts temporarily halted work. The Temporary Business Union (UTE) Sorigué-Dominion, main contractor of the works, resumed them on May 4 following the project of the Barcelona firm 2BMFG Arquitectes.
Currently, other updates that are already a reality are the adaptation of sports lighting and also of telecommunications networks. The assembly of one of the television commentators’ stands and the installation of the stadium access turnstiles are currently being completed. The final turf will be laid by the Garden Tona company, an expert in gardening and sports and urban spaces, will take place at the end of July.
Before, on July 3, the operators will once again return the keys to Montjuïc so that the Olympic facilities will host the concerts of The Weeknd, who will perform at the stadium on July 20 and 21. On July 24, the operators will return to start the third and final phase of the set-up. They will be in charge of replacing the seats in the stands to provide the areas with the necessary evacuation exits, the VIP areas will be conditioned and the VAR competition systems will begin to be installed with their corresponding tracking cameras in charge of not losing sight to the players and also from the offside cameras.
After the aforementioned installation of the grass, the assembly of the benches and goals will be carried out. In addition, the ticket offices, merchandising booths and the Barcelonista Support Office will also be set up so that nothing is missing from the temporary home.
