{"id":75200,"date":"2025-07-19T08:53:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=75200"},"modified":"2025-07-19T08:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:54:36","slug":"barcelonas-long-awaited-camp-nou-return-delayed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/barcelonas-long-awaited-camp-nou-return-delayed-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona\u2019s Long-Awaited Camp Nou Return Delayed Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have been forced to postpone their long-awaited return to the revamped Spotify Camp Nou. The La Liga champions confirm on Friday that the 2025 Joan Gamper Trophy match against Como will no longer take place at the iconic stadium on August 10. The fixture had been scheduled to mark the re-opening of Camp Nou after two years of extensive renovation work as part of the Espai Bar&ccedil;a project.<\/p><p>However, the club revealed that delays in obtaining the necessary occupancy licenses from the Barcelona City Council had made it &ldquo;impossible to complete the required procedures&rdquo; in time. Barcelona cited ongoing compliance challenges tied to the regulations governing large-scale construction projects as the reason  for the delay. The club admitted that despite progress on the site, not all safety and access requirements have been met. As a result, the stadium&rsquo;s phased reopening has now been pushed back once again.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#119813;&#119810; &#119809;&#119834;&#119851;&#119836;&#119838;&#119845;&#119848;&#119847;&#119834; &#119848;&#119839;&#119839;&#119842;&#119836;&#119842;&#119834;&#119845; &#119834;&#119847;&#119847;&#119848;&#119854;&#119847;&#119836;&#119838;&#119846;&#119838;&#119847;&#119853;<\/p>&mdash; FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1946228368493719868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joan Gamper Trophy To Be Held at Johan Cruyff Stadium<\/h2><p>As a result of the delay, the Joan Gamper Trophy  match will instead be held at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, which is the home of Barcelona women&rsquo;s team. Notably, Johan Cruyff Stadium has a capacity of just 6,000. Further details surrounding the relocated fixture are expected to be confirmed shortly.<\/p><p>Barcelona had initially hoped to use the Joan Gamper Trophy as a soft launch ahead of their first La Liga home match of the new season against Valencia in September. They had received permission to play their opening three league games on the road. The plan was to gradually allow crowds of up to 20,000&ndash;30,000 into the partially completed Camp Nou before fully opening later in the campaign. However, the latest setback means that timeline has been thrown into serious doubt.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barcelona were set to return to the new stadium on August 10 for the Joan Gamper Trophy but have said the match will be moved due to 'requirements of the Ordinance Regulating Municipal Intervention Procedures'. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/44dqW2ZPjV\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/44dqW2ZPjV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1946234177294065703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>The Catalan giants said that the delay will not impact the financing schedule for Espai Bar&ccedil;a. The project still on course to transform the stadium into one of Europe&rsquo;s premier sporting venues by 2026-27. In the meantime, construction work will continue throughout the upcoming season, during which Bar&ccedil;a&rsquo;s home fixtures will be played at a reduced capacity, once the stadium is cleared for partial use.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona had initially hoped to use the Joan Gamper Trophy as a soft launch ahead of their first La Liga home match of the new season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":75206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[1555,8084,8288],"class_list":["post-75200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-barcelona","tag-camp-nou","tag-la-liga-2025-26"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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