New Camp Nou for 2025… The aim that would have marked the managerial board of Joan Laporta before subjecting to vote the final project on the works of the Espai Barça, that supposes to approve a finance of 1.500 million euros.

However, the president of the FC Barcelona president agreed the postponement of this vote and of all the assembly of partners compromisarios when checking the strong pressure received by the partners, that mostly positioned against of the project. Laporta Yielded to the requirement of the partners.

The president of the Barcelona club recognised the error of have not fixed an earlier hour for the celebration of the assembly, by what agreed the suspension of the event. This yes, defended again the need to approve the Espai Barça and recognise that they had had to it explain everything with a lot of hastes.

"I do not want to me extend more because I think that all want to go to see the Barça-Valencia, you emplazamos to come to the second part of this assembly of compromisarios that will say you próximamente when we will celebrate it", resolved Laporta, applauded.

The project

Elena Fort, vice-president of the institutional area, commissioned of the exhibition where remembered that initially it treated of a project of 600 million euros, afterwards happened to cost 815 millions and, finally, shoots until the mentioned 1.500 millions. The board ensures that there are guarantees of leftovers and takes refuge in the length of the credit: it will pay to 35 years seen.

Ferran Reverter, general director of the club, exposed that the first five years of works will be protected by a lack, with what will not pay neither an alone euro to Goldman Sachs. The following 30 years foresees a payment of 50 annual millions that will credit with the income that generate the own field.

It estimates that they will reach 200 million additional euros in eight different concepts like the catchment of new sponsors, the hospitality with new seats and loges VIP, an increase of the ticketing, a new museum, activities of hospitality industry with new bars, hotels and restaurentes, the sale of the naming rights so much of the stadium as of the Palau, the realisation of events and concerts in both stadiums and, finally, the creation of activities in a sportive campus that pretends to be only in the world.

Breakdown of costs

It is important to highlight that the Barcelona club ensured that they will not exceed three red lines: neither it will mortgage the heritage of the club, neither will put in risk the sportive management neither will ask money to the partners to pay the works.

On to the cost of the new project of the Espai Barça will be desglosado of the following way: 900 millions the Camp Nou, 420 millions the Palau Blaugrana, 100 million urbanisation and creation of the new campus, 60 millions by modifications of the Metropolitan General Plan and 20 millions by the Estadi Johan Cruyff, that already is built.