Camp Nou is the stadium for FC Barcelona, the city's immensely popular soccer team.  When the stadium was inaugurated in 1957, it was officially named The FC Barcelona Stadium.  When it underwent construction throughout the 1950s, there was speculation that it would be renamed Juan Gamper Stadium, but this never happened.  It´s rumored that the President of FC Barcelona at the time, Francesc Miró-Sans, quelled this initiative and dreamed that the stadium would eventually carry his name, like in the case of Berabeau Stadium in Madrid.  However, problems near the end of his term as president reaffirmed this would not happen, and the name popularly used by the public, Camp Nou, became the official name of the Stadium. 

With  room for 98,771 spectators, Camp Nou has the highest capacity of any soccer stadium in Europe!  It is located on Arístides Maillol Avenue, in the Les Corts district of Barcelona, very close to a principal artery of Barcelona traffic, Avenue Diagonal.

Another interesting fact about Camp Nou is that it is one of the very few European stadiums with the distinction to be categorized a five-star venue by UEFA.
FC Barcelona's headquarters is also located in Camp Nou as well as administrative offices, and the FC Barcelona Museum---the most visited museum in all of Catalonia! 

Besides housing FC Barcelona, Camp Nou is also the main part of a complex that houses the “Mini Estadi,” a soccer stadium with room for 20,000, a residence for the league´s youngest soccer players, and the “Palau Blagurana,” a multiuse area with capacity for 8,000 spectators used for basketball, handball, and hockey games. 

Fall in love with our many Barcelona apartments near Camp Nou,  and you will be close by to enjoy the spectacle of one of the greatest soccer teams in the world!