{"id":69005,"date":"2025-06-25T12:17:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69005"},"modified":"2025-06-25T12:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:17:33","slug":"barcelona-set-for-emotional-return-to-camp-nou-on-august-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/25\/barcelona-set-for-emotional-return-to-camp-nou-on-august-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Set for Emotional Return to Camp Nou on August 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FC Barcelona will make a long-awaited return to the iconic Camp Nou stadium on August 10 for a friendly match, marking the partial reopening of their historic home after extensive renovation works.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture, which will be played as part of the annual Joan Gamper Trophy, comes after years of redevelopment under the ambitious \u201cEspai Bar\u00e7a\u201d project aimed at transforming Camp Nou into a world-class sports facility.<\/p>\n<p>Though the stadium is not yet fully completed, the club confirmed that key areas have been prepared to host around 35,000 fans, with ongoing works including the installation of a new third tier, a double VIP zone, roof structure, internal facilities, and surrounding infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarcelona takes a significant step into the future, reclaiming its home in a new era that will culminate with the complete opening of the new stadium,\u201d the club said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the phased reopening, Barcelona will begin their 2025\/26 La Liga campaign with their first three matches away from home to allow additional time for continued work on the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Espai Bar\u00e7a project, launched in 2023, is scheduled for full completion by the summer of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Once finished, the new-look Camp Nou will boast a seating capacity of 105,000, reaffirming its status as the largest stadium in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of renovations, Barcelona has played its home games at the Montju\u00efc Olympic Stadium, but the return to Camp Nou is expected to ignite fresh enthusiasm among fans and players alike as they reunite with their spiritual home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado &nbsp; FC Barcelona will make a long-awaited return to the iconic Camp Nou stadium on August 10 for a friendly match, marking the partial reopening of their historic home after extensive renovation works. The fixture, which will be played as part of the annual Joan Gamper Trophy, comes after years of redevelopment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":69006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-69005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69007,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69005\/revisions\/69007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}