The new Palau Blaugrana is excluded from Espai Barça's financing

The new Palau Blaugrana is excluded from Espai Barça's financing. Joan Laporta acknowledged for the first time during the Assembly that the 1,800 million euros that the club will have available, the initial 1,500 plus the additional 300 approved by the delegates, will be allocated to the Spotify Camp Nou and its adjacent facilities, but not to the construction of the pavilion. “The new Palau Blaugrana will not impact the financing of Espai Barça,” explained the president.

Barça is now looking for a formula that allows it to be built without increasing the debt. Ferran Olivé explained that one of the options is to turn to an investor who will assume the cost of the works in exchange for commercially exploiting the site for about 50 years. Barça would maintain ownership and sporting use, while the investor would obtain income from concerts and other shows.

The project includes a Palau with capacity for about 12,000 spectators at matches and up to 20,000 at other events and shows. “The Palau will not give us benefits,” Olivé admitted. The intention is to have a new facility without charging its cost to the club's accounts.

In any case, the Palau will have to wait. The priority is to finish the Spotify Camp Nou and work on the new pavilion will not begin until the stadium is completely finished.