Camp nou
INTRODUCTION
1.FULL NAME : ESTADIO DEL BARCELONA
2. LOCATION : BARCELONA ,SPAIN
3.
CAPACITY: 99,354
4. OWNED BY : FC BARCELONA
5.BUILT DATE: 1954-1957
6. FIRST OPENED: 24 SEPTEMBER 1957
There are stadiums great by
reputation and association which, when first encountered, disappoint. The Nou
Camp is not among them”. So said Simon Inglis, the doyen of all things
“stadium”. I must admit that I was, from a distance, a little underwhelmed by
the Camp Nou. Then I paid a visit and I got it loud and clear. In the couple of
hours I spent wandering around the stadium, the museum and the whole complex, I
started to comprehend the size, the history, the symbolism and above all the
fact that it is “Més que un club”.
Camp Nou is a football
stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It has been the home of FC Barcelona
since its completion in 1957. With a seating capacity of 99,354, it is the
largest stadium in Spain by capacity With a seating capacity of 99,354. t has hosted numerous international
matches at a senior level, including a 1982 FIFA WORLD CUP semi-final match, two UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE finals and the football competition at the 1992 SUMMER OLYMPICSCamp nou is owned by Fc Barcelona and it is
Home ground of Fc Barcelona.
The Camp Nou has been the
FC Barcelona stadium since 24th of September 1957, the date of its inauguration.
It was still not big
enough to cope with the surging interest in the team though, especially after
the arrival of Hungarian superstar Ladislau Kubala and the new Barça stadium
was built to replace it.
The stadium was designed
by architects Francesc Mitjans Miró and Josep Soteras Mauri, with the
collaboration of Lorenzo García Barbón, and it was constructed between 1955 and
1957, using mainly concrete and iron. The whole project cost a staggering 288
million pesetas, which meant the club would spend the following years in heavy
debt.
Although it was originally
going to go under the official name of ‘Estadi del FC Barcelona’, it soon came
to be popularly known as the 'Camp Nou' (the ‘new ground’), as opposed to the
club’s old home at Les Corts. It was not until the 2000/2001 season that,
following a mail vote made by the club membership, that the decision was made
to make ‘Camp Nou’ the official name of the stadium. Of the 29,102 votes the
club received, a total of 19,861 (68.25%) preferred Camp Nou to Estadi del FC
Barcelona.
The stadium’s maximum
height is 48 metres, and it covers a surface area of 55,000 square metres (250
metres long and 220 metres wide). In accordance with UEFA stipulations, the
playing area has been downsized to 105 metres x 68 metres.
With a capacity of 99,354,
it is now the biggest stadium in Europe. However, the total capacity has varied
over the years owing to different modifications. When it was first opened in
1957, it held 93,053 spectators, which would be increased to 120,000 in 1982 on
occasion of the FIFA World Cup. However, the introduction of new regulations
outlawing standing areas reduced the stadium’s capacity in the late 1990s to
just under 99,000.
In the 1998-99 season,
UEFA recognised the services and functionalities of the Camp Nou by awarding it
five star status. In the whole of Spain there are only four other stadiums that
can claim that, the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, also in Barcelona, the new
Cartuja Olympic Stadium in Seville, the Vicente Calderón, home of Atlético
Madrid, and the Santiago Bernabeu, also in Madrid.
Of the different
facilities on offer inside the stadium, of particular note are a chapel next to
the changing rooms, the presidential box, the VIPs lounge, the press rooms,
several television studios, the Sports Medicine Centre, the Operative Control
Unit (UCO), the veteran players area, the FC Barcelona club museum, and the
offices of all of the many different club departments.
Stadium Built
On 28 march 1954 the stadium is started to built . the
architects involved in building Camp Nou are Francesc Mitjans and Josep
Soteras, with the collaboration of Lorenzo García-Barbón. The length of ground is 105 m × 68 m (115 yd × 74 yd)
Although the stadium is
built in 1954 the stadium is first opened in 24 september 1957.
One of the stands
displaying Barcelona's motto, Més que un club, meaning "More than a
club".
The club issued an
international tender to remodel the stadium as a celebration of the stadium's
fiftieth anniversary. The objective was to make the facility an integrated and
highly visible urban environment. The club sought to increase the seating
capacity by 13,500, with at least half of the total seating to be under cover.
The intention was to make it the fourth-largest stadium in the world (in terms
of seating capacity), after the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the USA (297,000
capacity), the Rungnado May Day Stadium in North Korea (150,000 capacity) and
the Salt Lake Stadium in India (120,000 capacity).
On 18 September 2007, the
British architect Norman Foster and his company were selected to
"restructure" Camp Nou. With an estimated cost of €250 million, the
plan included the addition of 10,000 seats for a maximum capacity of
106,000.The FC Barcelona board approved the sale of their former training
ground (the Mini Estadi) in order to finance the remodeling. The project was
planned to begin in 2009 and to be finished for the 2011–12 season.However, due to the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent fall in real estate
prices, the sale of the training ground was postponed and likewise the
remodeling project. In May 2010, Sandro Rosell, then a candidate for president
of FC Barcelona, dismissed the possibility of selling the Mini Estadi, saying
it would be indefensible to “sell the crown jewels”, and his election on 30
June 2010 effectively halted the plan to remodel Camp Nou.
In January 2014,
Barcelona's board of directors rejected the option of building a new stadium
and will instead remodel the Camp Nou to bring the capacity up to 105,000.[24]
The project is expected to cost around £495 million (€600 million) with work
beginning in 2017 with a completion date of early 2021. A refinement of
the plan was released on 26 May 2015, showing plans to add a canopy over the
stands, and showing the plans for seating expansion in greater detail.
OtherS Event
organized IN Camp nou
The sole objective of Camp nou is Football . But camp nou also
involved in oTher various activities sucha as concert and other event too.
How to get to
Camp Nou
Camp Nou is located in the
east of Barcelona, at about 5 kilometres from Barcelona’s historic city centre.
The stadium is part of a sports complex that also includes Barcelona’s Mini
Estadi.
The stadium is easy to
reach by metro. Various stations lie close to the stadium and from all of them
it takes an approximate 10-minute walk to reach the stadium.
From Barcelona’s city
centre one can take metro line 3. Take the metro in the direction of Zona
Universitària and get off at station Les Corts. The next two stations, Maria
Cristina and Palau Reial, are equal alternatives. The journey from the centre
takes about 25 minutes.
If coming from the area
around the Sagrada Familia, one can take metro line 5. Take the metro in the
direction of Cornellà Centre and get off at station Badal or Collblanc.
If arriving by car from
the Ronda da Dalt (the motorway that runs west of Barcelona), take exit 11 and
follow the Avenida Diagonal (B-23) toward the city. Keep right on the Avenida
Diagonal (right of the tram tracks) and after almost two kilometres turn right
onto the Calle de Sabino Arana (follow the FC Barcelona signs). Follow the bend
to the left (don’t take the tunnel), and turn right onto the Gran Via de Carlos
III. Follow for a few hundred metres and turn right onto the Travesía de las
Cortes. After another few hundred metres you will see the stadium on your
right.
If coming from the A-2
(west), take the B-23 into the city, which will automatically flow into the
Avenida Diagonal.
Address: Calle Arístides
Mallol 12, 08028 Barcelona
Camp Nou
stadium tours
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Barcelona offer
self-guided stadium tours, called the Camp Nou Experience, which include a walk
through the stadium with audio guide and access to the Barcelona museum. Private
guides are available against additional payment. The Camp Nou Experience
typically takes between 90 and 120 minutes.
The tour opens Monday to
Saturday from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm (half an hour to an hour longer in the summer
months) and on Sundays until 2:30 pm (all day in the summer months).
There are no tours on the
day of a match and there is limited access the day before a Champions League
match. The tour costs €23.00, which includes the museum.
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