Overview
- Barcelona’s city council issued the phase 1C occupancy license, raising the permitted capacity from 45,401 to 62,000 and authorizing use of all four ends, including the north stand.
- The Sevilla match on Sunday at 16:15 is slated to be the first game at the expanded capacity, coinciding with the club’s presidential election day.
- FC Barcelona plans to offer the new seats to socios first through new passes, with roughly 14,000 additional places and demand slightly exceeding supply, which could lead to a lottery.
- The license allows opening of the Grada 1957 by the south goal, but the club has not confirmed whether its approximately 1,200 seats will be in service this weekend.
- Today’s approval follows earlier phase 1a and 1b permits in October and November that enabled partial reopenings, with recent reviews focusing on access to the completed north sector.