The hanging area around Camp Nou is going into the next round, FC Barcelona has to continue to return to his renovated stadium.
On Tuesday, the city council rejected a renewed application for the necessary usage permit of the Spanish soccer champion, which is reason for this.
Problems with the escape routes
“The association is currently working on the new changes that the city council announced today”said Barcelona on Tuesday in a statement. As the city’s fire brigade explained, there are problems with the escape routes and other safety aspects.
Actually, the team of coach Hansi Flick wanted to receive the league competitor Real Sociedad on Sunday with a reduced capacity of 27,000 spectators in his home, now the Catalans have to move to the Olympic Stadium again. In the training stadium Johan Cruyff, the “Blaugrana” played in front of only 6,000 fans in the current season.
Stadium roof is finished a year later
The city council must “The security of everyone who wants to visit the stadium – that has priority”emphasized Laia Bonet, deputy mayor of Barcelona. As soon as all questions have been clarified, the council will “Do not need a month and no minute longer to grant the first usage permit”, so bonet.
In addition, Barcelona operations manager Joan Sentelles announced that the stadium roof will not be completed until 2027 – a year later than originally planned. After the end of the construction work, the Camp Nou is supposed to offer space for up to 105,000 fans, and the club has been working at a partial opening for months. According to schedule, the return should take place in November 2024, and the appointment has been delayed again and again since then.