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Barça ‘s new stadium replaced their old prime of Les Corts which with a capacitance of barely 48,000 was besides small to accomodate the interest generated by a team led by Hungarian star Ladislao Kubala .
The stadium was designed by architects Francesc Mitjans Miró and Josep Soteras Mauri, with the collaboration of Lorenzo García Barbón, and it was constructed between 1955 and 1957, using chiefly concrete and iron. The whole project monetary value a staggering 288 million pesetas, which meant the cabaret would spend the surveil years heavily in debt .
Although it was primitively going to go under the official appoint of ‘ Estadi del FC Barcelona ’, it soon came to be popularly known as the ‘Camp Nou ‘ ( the ‘ new grind ’ ), as opposed to the club ’ s old home plate at Les Corts. It was not until the 2000/2001 season that, following a postal vote made by the Club membership, that the decisiveness was made to make ‘ Camp Nou ’ the official name of the stadium. Of the 29,102 votes the club received, a total of 19,861 ( 68.25 % ) preferred Camp Nou to Estadi del FC Barcelona .
The stadium ’ randomness maximum acme is 48 metres, and it covers a surface area of 55,000 square metres ( 250 metres long and 220 metres wide ). In accordance with UEFA stipulations, the acting area has been downsized to 105 metres x 68 metres .
With a capacity of 99,354, it is now the biggest stadium in Europe. however, the total capacity has varied over the years owing to unlike modifications. When it was foremost opened in 1957, it held 93,053 spectators, which would be increased to 120,000 in 1982 on occasion of the FIFA World Cup. however, the presentation of modern regulations outlawing standing areas reduced the stadium ’ mho capacitance in the belated 1990s to fair under 99,000.
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In the 1998-99 season, UEFA recognised the services and facilities at Camp Nou by awarding it five ace status. In 2010, in line with the new UEFA regulations, this category was replaced by the fresh ‘Category 4 ‘ title which corresponds to the stadiums which fulfill the most demand requirements with regards to facilities, services and capacity such as FC Barcelona ‘s ground .
Of the unlike facilities on volunteer inside the stadium, of particular bill are a chapel adjacent to the exchange rooms, the presidential box, the VIPs lounge, the press rooms, several television studios, the Sports Medicine Centre, the Operative Control Unit ( UCO ), the veteran players area, the FC Barcelona club museum, and the offices of all of the many different Club departments .