Not a single crane has yet entered the Camp Nou, but Barça has already decided what its temporary home will be for the duration of the works. will be the Montjüic Olympic Stadiumwhich will force some reforms to be undertaken in the facility that housed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1992 Olympic Games so that it can host the matches of the Xavi.
For now, the intention of the Barça club is to receive, as revealed Joan Laporta, “in April the final license from Barcelona City Council”, a step prior to the bidding for the works, which will be in July. “And in September we would make the decision,” said the Barça president in an institutional interview with Barça TV to commemorate his first anniversary in office. “If it goes well at the end of the season, we would start work.”
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After several studies, which considered including the possibility of stopping at the Estadi Johan Cruyff, although it was ruled out due to its low capacity (6,000 spectators) and communication problems, the board is already preparing the plans to climb the Barcelona Olympic mountain. “The most logical option right now is to go play at Montjuïc”, admitted the president, the same one who unveiled the Johan Cruyff as his first home while the new Camp Nou was being built.
“It’s a season, if everything goes well it will be a season. It’s the most logical and viable option, the others have no viability”
Laporta, president of Barça
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But it is not feasible. “The rest of the options are difficult because otherwise we would have to stay here and extend the inauguration,” the president acknowledged. “It is a season, if everything goes well it will be a season. It is the most logical and viable option, the others are not viable at all. We are thinking of extensions, but there are accessibility problems”, said the president.
About the new Camp Nou, Laporta has no doubts. “It will be spectacular, the new stadium will be an architectural jewel, it will generate much more activity and resources. That will give Barcelona another space for leisure and not just sports, since they will be able to spend a whole day in facilities open to the city”.