Barcelona – Real Madrid | El Clsico: Camp Nou and Clasico slumber to restart business worth 119 million

NSfor Barcelona Still Clsico Bohm’s three points allow him to outperform the whites in the rankings. That’s why he wants to have a complete Camp Nou, which is suitable for great occasions as it goes with everyone Barcelona – Real Madrid. However, no one is able to be sure of this if we stick to the latest entries scored by the Barcelona Stadium.

To be the first classic team to have an audience after the pandemic. Attracting the Barcelona stadium business, which aspires to revitalize itself to get 119 million euros in operating income this season. In the 2019-20 season, Barra earned €162 million to run his stadium. The epidemic closed its booths to the public and with it, lost not only ticket offices, but also the income of restaurants and stores, which reduced the bill for this concept last season 2020-21 to only 25 million.

The economic recovery needed by the group headed by Joan Laporta, with a recognized debt of 1,350 million euros, involves restoring the revenue machine of the Barcelona Colosseum: The campaign had planned revenue of 119 million euros, an increase of 94 million over the previous year.

As long as Generalitat allows it 100% capacity in Catalan stadiumsBarcelona played two matches in their fiefdom against Valencia and Dynamo Kiev. In none of them did it even reach half the capacity, something unimaginable in other years, With 47,317 and 45,968 viewers, Straight. Without going any further, in the previous game Valencia played with the crowd at the Camp Nou, the attendance was 81,617, twice the number of attendance the previous weekend.

Two unique records

Attendance numbers are very low. To give you an idea of ​​the last five years Only two parties produced worse numbers From those that were in the last two games. Both were in the Copa del Rey clashes in January against Leganes and Levante 45,000 fans were not reached in either case. In all other matches, the numbers of these last two matches were far exceeded.

Before the independent government recognized the full capacity in the stadiums, it was already possible to see There was something wrong with public assistance to the stadium because spectators do not cover the share of tickets for sale. The Bayern Munich match was important in the Champions League where 40% of the capacity is allowed. Despite the potential and attractiveness of the Bavarian team, the partners did not sell the tickets available to them. Bad symptoms.

covid and tourism

The question is why is this happening to Barcelona. Joan Laporta presented his version of this dip to the audience at the Camp Nou during de .’s presentation ceremony Regeneration of Ansu Fati: “This is covid. People may get used to certain habits. One of them is Not going to the stadium for health reasons It costs to recover. Once people feel safe and this dreaded epidemic is over or the risks are reduced to a minimum, we will have good aid again. The issue of tourism is also noticeable in the stadium. We want them to come back to the Camp Nou because of the encouragement they give the players and also because the more people that come to the club, the more income they generate.”

Decreased number of tourists

The issue of tourism is very important because The Free Seat incident was working very well at FC Barcelona. Members released their seats, which were largely bought by tourists visiting Barcelona and Catalonia. According to the official numbers Tourism decreased by 8% In this community, which has a direct impact on the attendance of the masses at the Camp Nou.

Cherry Ansu Fati

It is clear that Barcelona needs to revitalize its stadium and that Get out of this idle state where are you. Both Laporta and Ansu Fati . agreed The importance of the audience in encouraging the team. “Hobby is everything. Our biggest motivation is to play for them And they are in the field. The full Camp Nou is extra motivation. What we love is that people support you.”

Get ready Camp Nou

FC Barcelona needs to recover match-day income as soon as possible due to its precarious financial situation and all of that It starts with a complete Camp Nou, as far as possible, against the eternal rival.

This season, the entity made available to non-waiting members 26,000 seats to subscribers who decided to request leave And for the “Clásico” he summoned a mosaic that would occupy the entire stadium, with the expectation that the stands would be full. The motto will be “Para, Ara I Semper” (Para, now and always) In the side stand of the stadium next to a picture of the players chirping, surrounded by the colors of Barcelona thanks to the blue and onyx cards to be dealt. In addition to, In the Camp Nou goals you can read “Som-hi culers” (Vamos culers) yellow. A stage in which the Dutch students, Ronald Koeman, train, and the return of the show begins.