Barcelona club aims to sell the rights to its stadium name,
which is conditional for one year, to raise funds to
fight the new Coronavirus, where the Catalan club’s executive
board announced that it will donate the amounts that will be
collected in full by selling the property rights to Camp Nou to
fight the global epidemic.
The stronghold of Barcelona, the Camp Nou stadium, which
opened in 1957, is the largest football stadium in Europe with
more than 99,000 seats.
Club Vice President Jordi Cardoner told the Associated Press:
“We want to send a global message: For the first time someone
will have the opportunity to put his name on Camp Nou, and
the revenue will go to all of humanity, not just to Barcelona.”
He added: “The initiative arose in an emergency.
We believe that we must have a very rapid response and put
our crown jewel in service (the battle against the virus).”
It is noteworthy that the Catalan club was planning to sell the
rights of the stadium in the season 2023-2024 in the hope that
it would return him with the equivalent of $ 326 million,
paid in advance through a 25-year contract, to pay for the
renovations on the stadium and other facilities.
