Barça is upset with the City Council's demands on Spotify at Camp Nou.

Published New:20/07/2025 - 01:15h

Updated New:20/07/2025 - 01:16h

At Barça, they believe they did everything possible to achieve the reopening of the Spotify Camp Nou. However, the City Council's refusal has generated discomfort in the board of directors.

FC Barcelona will not be able to return to the Spotify Camp Nou on August 10 as planned to play the Joan Gamper Trophy. The club reported that the City Council did not grant them the First Occupation License, making the return home unfeasible.

The official statement issued by the Catalan institution did not indicate a definitive date for the return to the renovated venue. However, in principle, the intention is for the return to take place during the weekend of September 13 and 14, which would coincide with the match for J4 of LaLiga 2025/26 against Valencia CF.

However, the club acknowledges that there are still no guarantees and that all options remain on the table, while they work to make the aforementioned date a reality.

Given this, in recent hours, media close to the Barça environment have indicated that there is some annoyance with the authority because they believe they have done everything possible, based on the ordinances, to obtain the approval of the City Council.

The City Council does not give in and Barça does not hide its frustration

Initially, Barça wanted to use the usual match before the start of the season as a pilot test, enabling only the Tribune and the South Goal, but the board of directors found that the City Council considers that the First Occupation licenses are only granted horizontally, when the Estadi ring is completely finished.

The municipal position responds to technical criteria, since they cannot authorize a license that reaches, for example, up to row 25 if in the adjacent row the structural conditions still do not guarantee total safety.

Given the discomfort in the board of directors generated by the latest events, the club's communications department recommended that the board avoid making a public appearance next week to avoid aggravating the atmosphere, as it had been planned to explain all the details of the council's 'NO'.

Likewise, beyond the specific differences, Barça recognizes the importance of keeping channels open with the City Council, given that there is still work to be done to obtain the definitive occupation license.

In addition, given the possibility that the first team may have to continue playing at the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium for part of the season, institutional understanding becomes crucial.

Barça now prefers caution before announcing new dates

In this context, Barça's communications department would also have advised the board of directors to avoid giving specific dates to return to the Spotify Camp Nou in the face of this eventuality.

The club's communications area maintains that the creation of expectations around the return to the Estadi should be avoided until it is definitively known when the team will be able to play at the venue again.