are poised to make their extremely anticipated return to the this Saturday for a Spanish league fixture towards .
The membership introduced on Monday that 45,401 spectators can be permitted, marking the primary aggressive match on the venue since renovation work started in 2023.
Commercial
This partial reopening follows the membership securing the required permits. Barcelona additionally hope to host their encounter towards Eintracht Frankfurt on 9 December on the revamped stadium, which can finally accommodate 105,000 supporters.
The improve, initiated in June 2023, goals to broaden Europe’s largest soccer floor, which beforehand held 99,000. The closely indebted membership secured €1.45 billion (then $1.6 billion) from buyers for the intensive remodelling.
The membership anticipates that enjoying on the Nou Camp once more will considerably increase matchday gross sales and merchandising.
The return has confronted a number of delays after an preliminary goal of November 2024, coinciding with the membership’s a hundred and twenty fifth anniversary, was repeatedly missed.
Barcelona will return to the Nou Camp this weekend (AP)
For the reason that 2023-24 season started, the group has performed on the 55,000-seat Olympic Stadium. An additional delay this summer season even compelled a Spanish league recreation to be held at its 6,000-seat coaching floor stadium in September.
Commercial
Barcelona at the moment path league leaders by three factors after 12 matches.
Hansi Flick’s facet received La Liga by 4 factors final season, regardless of enjoying their house video games away from the Nou Camp.
However they’ve dropped eight factors this time period, and misplaced El Clasico to Actual Madrid final month, leaving them enjoying catch-up to their rivals.
Barcelona are additionally solely eleventh within the Champions League desk on the midway stage of the league section after choosing up seven factors from their opening 4 matches.
Solely the highest eight groups progress mechanically to the knockout levels, whereas sides ending between ninth and twenty fourth will go right into a play-off spherical.