President Joan Laporta described it as “the most important institutional project in the club’s history”
Those in charge of exposing it were the vice president of the Economic Area, Eduard Romeu, the corporate director, Maribel Meléndez, and the financial director, Manel del Rio
FC Barcelona presented this Thursday, April 27, the key points of the financing of the Espai Barça project with which it will remodel and modernize all its facilities with the new Spotify Camp Nou as the jewel in the crown and the construction of new facilities that will replace, for example, the current Palau Blau Grana.
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Joan Laporta during the presentation of the Espai Barça financing project
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After the initial presentation speech of the president Joan Laporta, the vice president of the Economic Area, Eduard Romeu, the corporate director, Maribel Meléndez, and the financial director, Manel del Rio, explained to the media the main lines of the process to close the project as well as the intricacies involved in a financial operation that, In the words of Joan Laporta, it is “the most important institutional project in the club’s history”.
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Espai Barça Financing Agreement
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Eduard Romeu and the executives Maribel Meléndez and Manel Del Río also presented how the return of the 1,450 million euros will be financed with annual income of 247 million euros that they expect the new Spotify Camp Nou will contribute:
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Income from the new Spotify Camp Nou to finance the Espai Barça project
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They also explained how the return of those 1,450 million euros is structured, with three initial tranches that reach the age of 24.
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Financing structure of the Espai Barça project
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And this is the scheduled schedule to close definitively and activate this financing that will decisively promote the works of the Espai Barça and, mainly, of the new Spotify Camp Nou
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The schedule for the closure of the Financing of the Espai Barça project
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