Estadi del FC Barcelona or Camp Nou

At the Barcelona’92 Olympic Games, FC Barcelona’s stadium Camp Nou was the venue for the football competition. At the time when the Olympic Games were held, it already complied with all the requirements to hold competitions at the highest level, and its adaptation for the Olympic Games was relatively minor in comparison to other facilities. Some spaces only needed to be adapted to suit the corporate image of the Games of the XXVth Olympiad. Others required more substantial remodelling works, such as the security room, the radio and commentators’ cabins, anti-doping rooms and offices for federations and other organisations. The Olympic football final was held at Camp Nou, where the Spanish team won gold. This was the event of the Games of the XXVth Olympiad that brought the highest number of spectators together in one place: 90,000 in total.

It was designed by the architect Francesc Mitjans and opened in 1957, and its capacity reached 120,000 spectators during the 1982 FIFA World Cup. However, with the obligation to put seats on every stand, spectator capacity was reduced. Today, its capacity is estimated at 99,354 spectators, a figure that makes it Europe’s largest stadium in this respect. Its official name was ‘Estadi del FC Barcelona’ until 2001, but, after polling its members, a decision was taken to make its popular name official: Camp Nou.