FC Barcelona Stadium

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The stadium of FC Barcelona is the Nou Camp, owned by the club itself. Opened in 1957, has a capacity of 98,787 spectators, all seated.

When FC Barcelona is not playing the same day, it is possible to visit the stadium.

It is one of four stadiums in Spain cataloged as “Stage Five Stars” by UEFA, which enables it to host final of the Champions League, European Super Cup and UEFA Cup, as happened on 15 occasions. It is located in the district of Les Corts in Barcelona, along with other facilities of the club, such as the Mini Estadi (stadium of Barcelona B) and the Palau Blaugrana, playing team basketball. At the Camp Nou is the Museum of FC Barcelona, the most visited museum in Catalonia.

Prior to the Camp Nou, FC Barcelona had two stadiums. Between 1909 and 1922 he played in a field of Industry streets of Barcelona, popularly called “The Escopidora.” Between 1922 and 1957 disputed their parties in the Campo de les Corts, opened to house 30,000 spectators, and that came to have a capacity of 60,000 people. One of the versions about the etymology of the word “Culès” comes from this stadium, as seen from the stands allowed outside the innkeeper of the fans.
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At the expense of urban municipal permits, is scheduled remodeling of the stadium will begin in the last third of 2008 and its completion is expected by 2012. The architect has been assigned the Briton Norman Foster, who won after a contest in which only ten projects became finalists. Sir Norman Foster said to have been inspired by Gaudi to create the new skin that envelops the stadium. The President of FC Barcelona and the College of Architects of Catalonia were responsible for the jury to choose the winning project.

The reshuffle is based on updating a stadium that has more than 50 years and create a cover to protect spectators from inclement weather. The fundamental requirements were to cause minimum inconvenience to members that the remodeling was compatible with sporting competition and are Ciner in a given budget. As well as the creation of an attractive design, modern and functional.

The project has been strongly criticized both from within the swollen Culea as from outside. [Citation needed] The first considered an exorbitant investment of 300 million euros, a sum more than enough to build a new stadium. Although the reality of the city of Barcelona involves many problems in this regard, since it is impossible to find a spot in the town of this size to make a work of this size. On the other hand there are those who dissent from the draft of Sir Norman Foster that is very daring with an amalgam of too many colors.

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