Nou Camp
Nou Camp Stadium belongs to FC Barcelona since September 24th, 1957, at which point the club's first team every game dispute their home on this land.
Architects Francesc Mitjans Miró and Josep Soteras Mauri, helped by Lorenzo Garcia Barbon, have designed a stadium whose construction lasted 3 years (1954-1957), and 288 million pesetas were indebted club building needed many years.
Although in the first instance name of the new stadium was Estados del FC Barcelona, on the lips of fans could be heard increasingly often "Nou Camp" (New Stadium). In 2000/2001 season, became the official name of Camp Nou after a poll among members of subscribers, "los socios. Of 29,102 responses club, 68.25% were favorable to the Camp Nou instead of Estados del FC Barcelona.
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The stadium has a height of 48 meters and an area of 55,000 square meters, according to the playing surface with dimensions 105m x 68m.
With a capacity of 98,787 seats, Barcelona is the largest stadium in Europe. In the 1998-1999 season, UEFA has given the stadium a symbol of Catalonia 5 stars. In Spain there are still 3 to 5 star stadiums, one of which is still in Barcelona (Estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys).
Camp Nou stadium is lit with 11,190 points of light, halogen lamp or fluorescence tubes with a total power of 4,500 kilowatts. In a day match, the stadium consumed 14,860 kilowatts of electricity in just five hours and 225 cameras are installed to ensure complete protection of spectators come to matches. Also, Camp Nou has the most powerful audio system installed in a stadium in the world, relying on a 140 total power of 000 watts. The grass is cut daily to a length of 18 inches and irrigated with 52 water points in the warmest months of summer distributes about 55,000 liters of water daily. The lines that draw the playing field, are repainted every week with 70 liters of organic white paint.
The first match talking place on Nou Camp was FC Barcelona-Legia Warsaw in 1957, when Barca won with a score of 4-2. 60,000 people attended the game. The stadium includes a museum of the club, in which are present all the club trophies (18 championships, 24 of Cups and the Champions League 2), restaurants, shops and many more. The official club dates from 1984, when the president was Josep Nunez, and contains no less than 420 trophies of the Catalan club.
Nou Camp is not just a great stadium in Europe, but also a place for concerte. Over the years, many personalities came to the stadium. Michael Jackon, Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, Julio Iglesias, Luciano Pavarotti are just a few among the persons who have held concerts in the famous arena.
