FC Barcelona Fans Back $1.7 Billion Stadium Refurbishment Plan

  • Funding will go to renovating the 64-year-old Camp Nou
  • Project to generate an additional 200 million euros per year

Photographer: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images

Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

FC Barcelona members approved a financing package worth up to 1.5 billion euro ($1.69 billion) to revamp the club’s iconic Camp Nou stadium and related facilities.

The money will help renovate the 64-year-old Camp Nou, Europe’s biggest stadium with capacity for 105,000 fans, as well as an indoor arena and other installations, the soccer club said in a statement Sunday.