Barcelona president Joan Laporta has announced they’ll play a year away from the Nou Camp as it is redeveloped.
Laporta said that he wants to begin the long-delayed overhaul of the Nou Camp in the summer of 2022. He added that the work will last three to four years, but that the team will only need to find another home for a maximum of 12 months.
“We are considering different possibilities, but the strongest candidate is the Johan Cruyff Stadium,” Laporta told RAC1.
The Johan Cruyff Stadium is where the women’s team plays and forms part of the club’s training complex on the outskirts of Barcelona.
With a capacity to seat only 6,000 spectators, Laporta said the club wants to increase that to 50,000 if the men’s team plays there.
Another option, Laporta said, would be for the team to play at the city’s Montjuic Stadium. The municipal facility hosted the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Olympics and was home to Barcelona‘s rival Espanyol for several years.
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