Camp Nou, Football stadium in Les Corts, Barcelona, Spain.
Camp Nou is a football stadium in La Maternitat i Sant Ramon, Spain, stretching across several levels with seating areas, dressing rooms, and press zones. The complex also includes a museum, a fan shop, and corridors that lead through the interior spaces where concrete and steel structures are visible.
Construction began in March 1954 because the old Barcelona venue had become too small, and the opening took place on September 24, 1957. Over the following decades, the complex was expanded and modernized several times to meet the growing demands of European football.
Families and football fans gather outside the venue to take photos with the club colors and the famous lettering before heading inside. Inside the museum, visitors move slowly through display cases filled with trophies and jerseys, quietly exchanging stories about players and matches.
The stadium is undergoing renovation that began on 1 June 2023, so FC Barcelona played home matches at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys and briefly at the Johan Cruyff Stadium. Camp Nou reopened for competitive matches in November 2025 at reduced capacity, with completion expected ahead of the 2028–29 season. Check access to the affected stands before travelling.
The stadium had no official name when it opened in 1957; supporters called it Camp Nou after the Camp de Les Corts it replaced. In a 1965 members' vote the descriptive name Estadio del Club de Fútbol Barcelona won with 12,434 votes, yet the Catalan nickname stayed in everyday use. The Spotify deal of March 2022 was worth 250 million euros.
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