Overview
- Municipal authorities approved the Phase 1A first-occupation license covering Tribuna and Gol Sur, enabling reopening with roughly 27,000 spectators.
- Barcelona confirms it will keep hosting home matches at Montjuïc for now, with the next fixtures against Girona and Olympiacos set there.
- The club’s notice cites a precise Phase 1A capacity of 25,991, including 81 spaces for people with reduced mobility, despite broader reports rounding to about 27,000.
- Espai Barça operations chief Joan Sentelles has indicated the 1B authorization is expected around mid-November, which would raise capacity to approximately 45,000 pending inspections.
- The approval follows earlier safety deficiencies flagged by inspectors, with Phase 1A works adding items such as a new players’ tunnel, new dressing rooms, expanded access and evacuation routes, integrated ticketing turnstiles, and a new sprinkler and automatic extinguishing system.