FC Barcelona: members to vote on a redefined Espai Barça project (€1.5bn, +150%) on 23/10/2021

The Espai Barça, a major project to modernise FC Barcelona's (LaLiga Santander) infrastructure, has been updated by president Joan Laporta's board of directors, which now values it at €1.5bn, up from €600m in 2014, according to the club's members during its ordinary general assembly on 17/10/2021.

This increased amount is broken down as follows:
• €900m for the renovation of the Camp Nou (increased to 105,000 capacity and covered with a roof including 30,000 m2 of solar panels, work expected to be completed by the end of 2025);
• €420m for the construction of the new Palau Blaugrana (15,000-capacity arena);
• €100m for the development of the surrounding area and the Barça Campus (which will include the club store, the museum and a Hall of Fame)
• €60m for investments agreed to in the MPGM (Modification of the General Metropolitan Plan)
• €20m for possible improvements to the Johan-Cruyff Stadium (6,000 capacity, to be inaugurated in summer 2019).

"As time has gone by the Espai Barça project as it is has become outdated because it does not take into account the latest technology and…