Barcelona Guide

Camp Nou Stadion

Camp Nou (Catalan "new stadium" is also often called the Nou Camp) is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Construction was completed in 1957. Involved the three major architects Francesc Mitjans Miró and Josep Soteras Mauri in collaboration with Lorenzo García Barbon. The building costs were estimated at 300 million pesetas and a large portion of this amount financed fans from their own resources. Another part was paying FC Barcelona a few years. It was built entirely of iron and concrete, reaching a height of 48 meters. The area is spread over 55 thousand m2 - 250 m in length and 220 m in width. In its early days had a huge playing area size, 107 meters by 72 meters but later had to be ground in accordance with the regulations of the UEFA reduced to 105 meters x 68 meters. In addition the board has undergone changes as well as its capacity, and that several times.

When you open a stadium swalloved 93,053 spectators. About 15 years later, the capacity for the World Championship full increase to 120,000. In 1990, the FIFA Statutes, because of new capacity has been reduced to 99 thousand. Today, the stadium holds just 98,787 spectators and is the largest stadium in Europe. It is the home ground of FC Barcelona club. Until 2000 the name was estado del FC Barcelona (FC Barcelona stadium), voting members of the fan club but was renamed to the universally used name for the Camp Nou.

Barcelona has its stadium plans in the future. Rebuilding of the stadium will prepare the famous British architect Norman Foster. After the renovation in 2011 increased capacity Nou Camp to 114 000 people, including the minutes. 50% of the seats under the roof. The outer shell color decorate the mosaic glass plates. Foster said the reconstruction result will be incredible color effects. The architectural design of many references to the work of the famous Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudí. The estimated conversion price is 250 million.

The stadium is also accessible outside the game for the general public. A ticket to the tour costs around half a ticket per game than in the summer months, it is necessary to count several met with the front entrance and above. UEFA rewarded Stadium in the season 1998/1999 five-star status. Nou Camp deserves appreciation for his service and luxury, which offers its visitors inside. There is a chapel, changing rooms, the Presidential and VIP boxes, press room, several TV studios and sports medical center. Its place in the stadium are also clubs veterans and there is also a museum of FC Barcelona. Of course, there are also several souvenir shops and a playground for training purposes.