A few days ago, the Barcelona announced that on August 10, Camp Nou will reopen its doors to host a soccer match. The date chosen is for the Joan Gamper Trophy, and the opponent will be one of the hottest teams in Italian soccer, Como, coached by former Barcelona player Cesc Fábregas and featuring several players who are old acquaintances of LaLiga, as well as continuing to try to sign Spanish players in this transfer window, such as Jacobo Ramón, from Real Madrid, or Álvaro Morata, who finished the season with Turkish side Galatasaray.
The Camp Nou was inaugurated in 1957 to replace the old Camp de Les Corts. It was on September 24 when the ball rolled onto the pitch of this stadium that would become an icon of our country and of world football. The Azulgranas, who faced a team made up of players from Warsaw, won 4-2, with Eulogio Martínez scoring the first goal scored at the stadium, which to this day has become the home of the Culés and a place of pilgrimage for Barça fans and lovers of the beautiful game.
Spotify Camp Nou
▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫ pic.twitter.com/KHP5FFqgFF— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_cat) July 4, 2025
In 2014, Josep María Bartomeu began promoting a project called Espai Barça, but the financial situation of the Barcelona club forced the work to be halted. Joan Laporta inherited this financial legacy and, little by little, by selling assets as leverage, he has managed to turn the situation around to the point where the Camp Nou renovation project has been reactivated to turn it into a state-of-the-art stadium that is among the most modern sports venues in the world.
The delays at the Camp Nou
With these works at the Camp Nou, Barcelona sought to increase capacity and also install a roof with solar panels to supply energy to the venue itself, as well as new buildings in the surrounding area, such as a new Palau Blaugrana, an ice rink, offices, and a hotel. The total cost is estimated to have skyrocketed to between €1.5 billion and €2 billion, which has clearly increased the club’s debt. The big problem arises when the deadlines predicted and publicly announced by Joan Laporta have not been met and the club has spent two seasons playing its home games at the Lluís Companys Stadium in Montjuic.
Poco más de un mes para volver al Camp Nou. pic.twitter.com/L67HzkiIDJ
— -1899- (@_Futbolero_) July 6, 2025
Barcelona has justified the restrictions imposed by the City Council, but, for one reason or another, none of the dates announced by Joan Laporta have been met. There has been speculation about their return several times this season. One of them was at the beginning of the year, while the next came at the end of the season, assuring that they would be able to play the last games at the Camp Nou, something that did not happen either. Finally, a few weeks ago, they announced in style, which leads us to believe that they have everything tied up, that it will be on August 10 at the Joan Gamper Trophy when they will return once and for all.
Doubts about the Camp Nou
Last week, the LaLiga schedule was announced, and the Barcelona will play its first three games away from the Camp Nou, which would give time to complete this phase of the renovation of the club’s home stadium. However, despite the conviction that exists, there are fans who doubt that this definitive return will happen. A report by the media outlet Betevé reveals how neighborhood associations are beginning to doubt the safety of the venue, which will remain under construction but will open its doors with reduced capacity. Among the examples they give, they indicate that the escalators will not work, nor will the restaurant areas or even the bathrooms.
Els veïns de l’entorn de l’Spotify Camp Nou no veuen clara la tornada del Barça a l’estadi.
Prevista per al 10 d’agost, diuen que els terminis són molt ajustats i que a les obres els queda molthttps://t.co/UFP6R5jTkW
— btv notícies (@btvnoticies) July 7, 2025
The Camp Nou must pass an inspection by the authorities, who will ultimately decide whether or not to give the green light for Barcelona’s stadium to open its doors, even if with a reduced capacity. The institutions will have to analyze all safety measures, both inside and outside the stadium, with accessibility being one of the most important points in a report that Can Barça hopes to receive in July with a positive outcome in light of their promise to return to the Joan Gamper stadium.