Barcelona Bangun Stadion Baru Beratap Kapasitas 105 Ribu Penonton
Barcelona Plan to Develop 105,000 Capacity Stadium with Roof
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Barcelona (B2B) - Klub bola terkemuka Barcelona menolak opsi membangun stadion baru dan tetap menjadikan Nou Camp sebagai markas mereka.
Dewan direksi Barcelona mengkonfirmasi bahwa mereka justru akan memugar Nou Camp dan meningkatkan kapasitas dari 98.000 menjadi 105.000 penonton sesuai persetujuan pemungutan suara anggota direksi pada April mendatang.
"Itu adalah keputusan yang sulit," kata Sandro Rosell presiden Barcelona dilansir Sky Sports (20/1).
"Kedua proyek yang sangat menarik tapi komitmen kami mengajukan ke referendum untuk mengkaji kelayakan proyek ini dari segi teknis, perencanaan dan perspektif ekonomi," kata Rosell.
"Nou Camp adalah bagian dari sejarah kami, stadion terbesar di Eropa dan simbol kota Barcelona," kata Rosell.
"Pilihan untuk membangun stadion baru telah ditolak karena biaya yang akan membebani klub dan resiko hutang yang akan ditanggung direksi di masa depan," kata Rosell.
Pekerjaan tidak akan dimulai pada 2017 dan harus selesai pada awal 2021 namun pertandingan tetap akan digelar di sana meskipun pengerjaan sedang dilakukan.
Barcelona - Barcelona have decided to stay at Nou Camp instead of moving to a new stadium. They’ll redevelop Nou Camp for an expected cost of around £495 million, which will include a new indoor basketball arena and the option of increasing the capacity from 98,000 to 105,000.
“It was a difficult decision,” said club president Sandro Rosell, via Sky Sports.
“The two projects were very attractive but we were committed to put to a referendum a project that was viable from a technical, urban-planning and economic perspective."
“The Nou Camp is part of our collective memory, the biggest stadium in Europe and an icon of the city of Barcelona.
“The option of building a new stadium on a new site has been rejected as the final cost could have saddled the club and its members with debt and tied the hands of future boards of directors.”
Work wouldn’t begin until 2017 and would be finished around 2021.
