According to "Every Sport", Barcelona's first home game in the new season has been confirmed and they will play against Valencia at the John Cruyff Stadium.
As no official permission has been obtained, Barcelona will use the John Cruyff Stadium in the first home game of the new La Liga season. The club will confirm this afternoon that the match against Valencia, scheduled for September 14, will be held at the Sante Joan Desipi stadium as a temporary solution. Previously, the Barcelona municipal government failed to promptly approve the club's return to the Camp Nou Stadium.
The decision was made after the club gave itself a 24-hour grace period, and was even confirmed before the City Hall's last inspection of the stadium works on Tuesday afternoon. Barcelona said that this inspection is just a routine procedure and has no special nature.
Choose John Cruyff Stadium ended weeks of uncertainty during which the club considered reopening the new Camp Nou Stadium in a way that reduced the audience, but failed to obtain a license for the first phase of use, despite last-minute attempts at a technical feasibility assessment.
Another alternative, the Louis Komanis Olympic Stadium, was excluded from the beginning because it could not guarantee the condition of the lawn after the Post Malone concert on September 12.
Therefore, the 6,000-seat John Cruyff Stadium will become Barcelona's temporary home court. Over the past week, La Liga technicians have checked the stadium and asked for a series of necessary adjustments to ensure it meets the standards.
This includes installing a VAR camera in the optimal location and activating a fiber optic system to ensure the quality of signal transmission. The club has been racing against time to complete these requirements, and in fact, workers are still working in the stands until this Tuesday.
Just like in the Gambel Cup against Como, the club has prepared a VIP area to try to compensate for ticket losses due to insufficient number of available seats.