Camp Nou

jamrock

Senior Member
Educate yourself on the topic why the works couldn't start earlier before writing such statements.
Enlightened me, why in the 7+ years of rosell and barto we couldn't do it?.

Because last time I checked,we spent half a billion on 3 duds were 1 billion in debt, and laporta still figure out how to billion a 1.2 billion dollar stadium.

They couldn't build a 500m one during their ENTIRE time here why?????
 
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Messigician

Senior Member
Enlightened me, why in the 7+ years of rosell and barto we could do it?.

Because last time I checked,we spent half a billion on 3 duds were 1 billion in debt, and laporta still figure out how to billion a 1.2 billion dollar stadium.

They couldn't build a 500m one during their ENTIRE time here why?????
Why did bernabeu have even worse issues… it isn’t easy building a new stadium
 

Horatio

You're welcome
(Since there's a lot of Bernabeu discussion in this thread going on...)

Lol, it's always entertaining to see how different fanbases manipulate reality based on their biases and end up having completely different opinions and reach polar opposite conclusions on the same topic.

As a Madrid fan here are some things I can personally say about the Bernabeu:

1. Personally I generally like what they have done with the exterior, but it's not perfect and it will/can still be improved. Based on reports, there's going to be a ~15 million+ euro investment on interior and exterior lighting and on image projection technology to be used on the exterior. In a way it can be said that the Bernabeu's "image" or identity in the night has not been activated yet, hence why the club doesn't provide much exterior camera viewing angles during the night on match day transmissions and why there aren't much official images from the club of the stadium during the night yet. The strong, uncalibrated, industrial, and temporary interior lighting being used at the moment, coupled with the basically non existent exterior lighting, end up producing a bad, ugly image imo, but that is expected to change. As far as I'm concerned the exterior during the night can't be really judged yet.

Then, during the day, I generally like the gargantuan, modernist, minimalist, cold austerity of the new enveloping skin. It brings to mind ideas of forward thinking, avant-garde grandeur and the stainless steel brings to mind the European Cup, and impenetrability. From street level I think it looks great during the day and vaguely okay during the night (it's from farther distance and heights that it currently looks terrible in the night imo). The problem I have with it is that during the day, particularly on the western and southern facades, there's a certain transparency that can be seen from mid-long distance and at certain heights during selected times of day, which gives those facades in particular a certain industrial vibe that I find to be a mixed bag. That is also not a finished thing though as they are still painting and reconditioning the old exterior that's behind the new enveloping skin, they may still change some of the steel panels, and they still haven't put the name and crest on the western facade yet.

As to the comparisons of the exterior to tuna cans or toilet bowls :ROFLMAO: that is to be expected from hate-fueled or otherwise "compromised" perspectives, and it even inherently comes with the territory of modernist architecture, you could say similar things about the Allianz Arena and I'm sure opposing fans of other German teams do say that (I find the Allianz Arena to be beautiful from the outside, but not emblematic in any way of Bayern Munich as a club) and people have been saying similar things about the avant-garde works of Frank Gehry or Zaha Hadid, for example, for decades.

My current rating on the exterior/expected final rating:

Day Street Level: 7.5/8.5
Day Helicopter Level: 7.0/8.0-8.5.

Night Street Level: 6.5/8.5
Night Helicopter Level: 3.0/8.5.

It's the transparency that adds a lot of variability to the aspect of it all and that personally makes it unlikely for me to give the finished overall facade higher than an 8.5 overall. The transparency is a result of the necessary distance between the steel panels, the distance and inclination is there to allow for better ventilation of the inside and so that the skin breathes a bit and doesn't just look like a heavy and impenetrable thing, and it is also a nice thematic touch for one to see an interplay between the old facade and the new one, and it does look nice during the day at street level. It's the mid to long distanced aerial views of the western and southern facades that "suffer" somewhat for my taste.

As for the interior....

I find it to be breathtaking, and for my liking I give it a 10/10 already, and there's still another LED screen ring expected to be added to the one that already exists (not to be confused with the 360 viewing screens.)

From an engineering and technology aspect, it is an avant-garde gesture to have a retractable roof, pitch, and the 360 screen board, and the sight the stadium produces from the interior, particularly during the day is astonishing, I think. Additionally, as is the case with the unfinished exterior, the retractable pitch system is still in its infancy and they are still calibrating things, the conditioning of the pitch system will undoubtedly keep improving as time goes on.

As time goes on, in the coming decades newer, bigger, more advanced stadiums will inevitably be built around the world and in Europe, and what's avant-garde at one point is logically always at risk of looking quaint as time goes on as people build on top of previous advancements, but what the Bernabeu has with its interior, I think, will remain both functional and timeless. And it's necessary considering how the club wants to use the stadium as a multipurpose 360 days a year complex.

I think the 360 board is great, especially considering the limitations that the remodeling project had to work with. Only the Sofi Stadium's do I currently find more "impressive".

I don't say this to remove impressiveness from what the new Camp Nou promises but I'm personally not one to place too much importance on a stadium being the "biggest" in the world or having 100k+ seating. If the renovated Bernabeu had that it wouldn't be one of the aspects that would personally most interest me, much less when at its 80k+ seating it's already one of the biggest big team stadiums in Europe.
Another troll signing up to forums to relish in their CL success. Great..
 

jamrock

Senior Member
Why did bernabeu have even worse issues… it isn’t easy building a new stadium
What worst issues? Madrid didn't have a set design 10+ years ago, that perez could have just came in and started, their stadium development is relatively new and still got done before ours, thanks barto.

Yea it's definitely not easy building a stadium when you inherit a club that's almost dying, but guess who's doing it? And guess who could have and didn't 👀.
 
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Messigician

Senior Member
What worst issues? Madrid didn't have a set design 10+ years ago, that perez could have just came in and started, their stadium development is relatively new and still got done before hours, thanks barto.

Yea it's definitely not easy building a stadium when you inherit a club that's almost dying, but guess who's doing it? And guess who could have and didn't 👀.
Laporta just went ahead with it

Barto did most of the work

FYI Madrid who’s stadium development is “relatively new”

Had numerous delays and costs ballooned to 1.5 billion over 500k more than ours. And they needed 3 loans to get it done.
 

serghei

Senior Member
In the end you can't compare the new Camp Nou with Bernabeu.

Bernabeu is basically the same foundation and concrete structure from decades ago + new tech feats and a gigantic (and impressive imo) roof structure.

Camp Nou is a mostly new stadium. The part of the old stadium that was kept and renovated is nothing compared to the extensive new structure that is going to get built from zero around it.
 

Loki

Well-known member
In the end you can't compare the new Camp Nou with Bernabeu.

Bernabeu is basically the same foundation and concrete structure from decades ago + new tech feats and a gigantic (and impressive imo) roof structure.

Camp Nou is a mostly new stadium. The part of the old stadium that was kept and renovated is nothing compared to the extensive new structure that is going to get built from zero around it.
To add to his, we're not only rebuilding the stadium, but the entire espai infrastructure. New office facilities, stores, mobility and parking, a brandnew hightech multi functional Palau for different sports and events.
 

Loki

Well-known member
Enlightened me, why in the 7+ years of rosell and barto we couldn't do it?.

Because last time I checked,we spent half a billion on 3 duds were 1 billion in debt, and laporta still figure out how to billion a 1.2 billion dollar stadium.

They couldn't build a 500m one during their ENTIRE time here why?????
Because the first project became obsolete in many aspects. Members approved 2014 a way too small budget and too short timeframe project. The new espai is a gigantic project that went through many remodellings and therefore also new estimations how much it's gonna cost. The city Barcelona also needs a lot of time to approve any project.
With that in mind, Bartomeu pushed the project to the next administration because he knew anyways his time as president ended. Laporta's board had to plan the entire project from the beginning.
You think Goldman&Sachs just give you 1.5 billion Euro? There are more than 100 ! investors in that sum, you know how much negotiation is needed for that? There had to be a new member referendum with new cost and timeframe. When everything was settled, Barca needed to re-negotiate with the City again, because they only approved the obsolete 2014 plan, not the new one. That also took ages.

And then there are people (like you) who still don't understand that the budget for the stadium and the budget for transfers are 2 totally different things. Barcelona pays their stadium entirely with the additional income the Nou Camp Nou gonna generate. It has absolutely nothing to do with the transfer policy. We can either make 10 billion in transfers, or lose 10 billion. It's has absolutely zero impact on financing the stadium. Its financing is contractually regulated between Barca and over 100 investors through Goldmann&Sachs.
In simple terms: The stadium pays for itself.
 
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Messigician

Senior Member
Because the first project became obsolete in many aspects. Members approved 2014 a way too small budget and too short timeframe. The entire espai is a gigantic project that went through many remodellings and therefore also new estimations how much it's gonna cost. The city Barcelona also needs a lot of time to approve any project.
With that in mind, Bartomeu pushed the project to the next administration because he knew anyways his time as president ended. Laporta's board had to plan the entire project from the beginning.
You think Goldman&Sachs just give you 1.5 billion Euro? There are more than 100 ! investors in that sum, you know how much negotiation is needed to that? There had to be a new member referendum with new cost and timeframe. When everything was settled, Barca needed to re-negotiate with the City again, because they only approved the obsolete 2014 plan, not the new one. That also took ages.

And then there are people (like you) who still don't understand that the budget for the stadium and the budget for transfers are 2 totally different things. Barcelona pays their stadium entirely with the additional income the Nou Camp Nou gonna generate. It has absolutely nothing to do with the transfer policy. We can either make 10 billion in transfers, or lose 10 billion. It's has absolutely zero impact on financing the stadium.
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Messigician

Senior Member
To add to his, we're not only rebuilding the stadium, but the entire espai infrastructure. New office facilities, stores, mobility and parking, a brandnew hightech multi functional Palau for different sports and events.
Exactly, the surroundings are just as important
 

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