Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
	UEFA
Former names	Estadi de Montjuïc (1929–85); Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc (1989–2001)
Location	Pg. Olímpic, 17-19
Owner	Barcelona City Council
Operator	Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (B:SM)
Capacity	55,926
Construction
Built	1927; 97 years ago
Opened	20 May 1929; 95 years ago
Renovated	1985–89
Architect	Pere Domènech i Roura
Tenants
	Barcelona Dragons (1991–92, 1995–2002); Espanyol (1997–2009); Barcelona (2023–present)
Website
	estadiolimpic.barcelona

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (Catalan pronunciation: [əsˈtaði uˈlimpiɡ ʎuˈis kumˈpaɲs], formerly known as the Estadi de Montjuïc and Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc) is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city (and Barcelona's failed bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were awarded to Berlin), it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics^[2] and 1992 Summer Paralympics. It is the home stadium of Barcelona for the 2023–24 season, due to the renovation of their regular ground, the Camp Nou.

With its current capacity of 54,367 seats^[1] (67,007 during the 1992 Olympics), is the sixth-largest stadium in Spain and the second largest in Catalonia.

The stadium is located in the Anella Olímpica, on Montjuïc, a hill to the southwest of the city that overlooks the harbor.

History

Designed by architect Pere Domènech i Roura for the 1929 Expo, the stadium was officially opened on 20 May 1929. The opening ceremonies included Spain's first official rugby international game against Italy, and a friendly football match between the Catalan national team and Bolton Wanderers, which the Catalan team won by a shocking score of 4–0 with goals from Josep Samitier (2), Martí Ventolrà and Manuel Parera.^[3]

It was meant to host the People's Olympiad in 1936, a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but the event had to be canceled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

In the fifties, the stadium was the centerpiece of the 1955 Mediterranean Games, and in 1957 it hosted the only national football cup final between Barcelona and Espanyol, the two local clubs.

In the seventies, the stadium was disused and the stands deteriorated. When the Spanish Grand Prix and other races were held at the Montjuïc racing circuit, the stadium was used as a paddock for the teams. Due to safety concerns, the 1975 F1 race was nearly boycotted by drivers.

During the Barcelona's bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics, the stadium was totally renovated with the involvement of Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti. The stadium was gutted, preserving parts of the original facades, and new grandstands were built. In 1989, the venue was re-inaugurated for the World Cup in Athletics, and three years later it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and all the athletics competitions of the Olympic Games and also the same functions during the Paralympics.^[4]

The stadium served as the home of Espanyol from 1997 until 2009. The Estadi Olímpic made its final La Liga appearance during the 2008–2009 season, as Espanyol moved to the newly constructed RCDE Stadium.

It also served as the home of the Barcelona Dragons American football team until 2002. Because the size of the playing surface was slightly shorter than the regulation American Football length, the stadium only had seven-yard end zones, three yards shorter than regulation NFL size in 1991 and 1992. They were later lengthened to the standard ten yards. The stadium also played host to the National Football League's American Bowl in 1993 and in 1994. The San Francisco 49ers played the Pittsburgh Steelers on 1 August 1993. The second game was played on 31 July 1994 between the Los Angeles Raiders and the Denver Broncos.

In 2001, the stadium was renamed after the former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Lluís Companys, who was executed at the nearby Montjuïc Castle in 1940 by the Franco regime. In 2010, the stadium hosted the 20th European Athletics Championships.

Since the 2023–24 season, the stadium has served as the home ground for Barcelona during the redevelopment of the Camp Nou. The club plan to continue playing at the Estadi Olímpic until the redevelopment of the Camp Nou is completed by the 2025–26 season.^[5]

Events

Sports

1929: Montjuïc hosted its first ever event, Spain's first official rugby international game against Italy.^[6] Spain won 9–0.^[6]
1935: Boxing match Paolino Uzcudun vs. Max Schmeling
1955: II Mediterranean Games.
1989: IAAF World Cup.
1992: Games of the XXV Olympiad and IX Paralympic Games.
1993: Rugby League European Cup Final, XIII Catalans 22–23 Huddersfield RLFC
1997: World Bowl '97 between Barcelona Dragons and Rhein Fire.
2003: World Police and Fire Games.
2009: On Saturday 20 June the Perpignan-based rugby league team, Catalans Dragons lost 12–24 to Warrington Wolves in the first Super League match to be played in Spain, drawing a crowd of over 18,500.
2010: 20th European Athletics Championships.
2011: 2010–11 Heineken Cup quarter-final match between Perpignan and Toulon with a crowd of 55,000.
2012: 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Football

1930: National football cup final between Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid.
1933: National football cup final between Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid.
1934: National football cup final between Valencia and Real Madrid.
1939: National football cup final between Sevilla and Racing de Ferrol.
1944: National football cup final between Athletic Bilbao and Valencia.
1945: National football cup final between Sevilla and Racing de Ferrol.
1946: National football cup final between Real Madrid and Valencia.
1957: National football cup final between Barcelona and Espanyol.
2004: National football cup final between Real Madrid and Real Zaragoza.
2023–24: Barcelona home fixtures in all competitions due to the renovations of the Camp Nou.

Spain national team matches

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
1 January 1930	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Friendly match
26 April 1931	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Friendly match
23 February 1936	Germany	1–2	Friendly match
30 May 1948	Republic of Ireland	2–1	Friendly match
2 January 1949	Belgium	1–1	Friendly match
29 March 2000	Italy	2–0	Friendly match
13 February 2002	Portugal	1–1	Friendly match
18 February 2004	Peru	2–1	Friendly match

Andorra national team matches

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
9 June 1999	France	0–1	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
28 March 2007	England	0–3	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
6 September 2008	England	0–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Music

Date	Country	Artist	Tour	Opening Act	Attendance	Revenue
7 October 1989	Spain	Mecano	Tour 1989	La Unión Los Pollos	—	—
13 June 1990	UK	The Rolling Stones	Urban Jungle Tour	Gun	—	—
14 June 1990	UK	The Rolling Stones	Urban Jungle Tour	Gun	—	—
25 July 1990	USA	Prince	Nude Tour	—	49,455 / 49,455	—
1 August 1990		Madonna	Blond Ambition World Tour	—	—	—
5 October 1990		Tina Turner	Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour	—	—	—
6 October 1990		Tina Turner	Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour	—	—	—
18 September 1992		Michael Jackson	Dangerous World Tour	—	60,000 / 60,000	—
11 May 1993	USA	Bruce Springsteen	1992-1993 World Tour	—	—	—
6 October 1993	France	Jean-Michel Jarre	Europe in Concert	El Último de la Fila	—	—
27 July 1994	UK	Pink Floyd	The Division Bell Tour	—	—	—
13 June 1995	USA	Bon Jovi	These Days Tour	Van Halen	—	—
13 September 1997	Ireland	U2	Popmart Tour	Placebo	60,096 / 60,096	$2,281,165
20 July 1998	UK	The Rolling Stones	Bridges to Babylon Tour	Hothouse Flowers	52,375 / 52,375	$2,464,319
17 May 2003	USA	Bruce Springsteen	The Rising Tour	—	—	—
21 June 2003	USA	Metallica	European Tour 2003	—	—	—
29 June 2003	UK	The Rolling Stones	Licks World Tour	—	—	—
2 July 2003	Spain	El Canto del Loco La Oreja de Van Gogh	MoviStar Activa	—	—	—
21 June 2007	UK	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang Tour	Biffy Clyro	—	—
30 June 2007	Mexico	RBD	Celestial World Tour	Diego Boneta	—	—
27 September 2007	UK	The Police	Reunion Tour	Fiction Plane	54,553 / 54,553	$5,554,320
1 June 2008	USA	Bon Jovi	Lost Highway Tour	NoWayOut, Sabia	46,255 / 46,255	$4,046,421
7 June 2009	Australia	AC/DC	Black Ice Tour	The Answer	64,196 / 64,376	$5,906,138
21 July 2009	USA	Madonna	Sticky & Sweet Tour	Paul Oakenfold	44,811 / 44,811	$5,010,557
4 September 2009	UK	Coldplay	Viva la Vida Tour	The Flaming Lips	63,306 / 64,376	$4,554,068
3 December 2009	UK	The Prodigy	European Stadium Tour	Enter Shikari	—	—
4 December 2009	USA	Marilyn Manson	The High End of Low Tour	esOterica	—	—
9 April 2011	USA	We Are Scientists	Brain Thrust Mastery Tour	Els Pets	—	—
29 May 2011	Colombia	Shakira	The Sun Comes Out World Tour	—	32,012 / 43,500	$994,989
27 July 2011	USA	Bon Jovi	Live 2011	The Rebels	39,992 / 39,992	$3,021,325
17 May 2012		Bruce Springsteen	Wrecking Ball Tour	—	79,430 / 86,000	$6,692,818
18 May 2012		Bruce Springsteen	Wrecking Ball Tour	—	79,430 / 86,000	$6,692,818
7 June 2013	UK	Muse	The 2nd Law World Tour	You Don't Know Me	—	—
8 July 2014	UK	One Direction	Where We Are Tour	5 Seconds of Summer, Abraham Mateo	40,333 / 40,333	$3,391,560
29 May 2015	Australia	AC/DC	Rock or Bust World Tour	Vintage Trouble	60,000 / 60,000	—
26 May 2016	UK	Coldplay	A Head Full of Dreams Tour	Alessia Cara Lianne La Havas	111,261 / 111,261	$9,734,130
27 May 2016	UK	Coldplay	A Head Full of Dreams Tour	Alessia Cara Lianne La Havas	111,261 / 111,261	$9,734,130
3 August 2016	USA	Beyoncé	The Formation World Tour	Chloe x Halle	45,346 / 45,346	$4,806,995
18 July 2017	Ireland	U2	The Joshua Tree Tour 2017	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	54,551 / 54,551	$5,930,076
27 September 2017	UK	The Rolling Stones	No Filter Tour	Los Zigarros	58,622 / 58,622	$8,769,703
20 June 2018	USA	Bruno Mars	24K Magic World Tour	DNCE	—	—
1 July 2018		Guns N' Roses	Not in This Lifetime Tour	Volbeat, Nothing More	48,649 / 48,649	$4,370,000
11 July 2018		Beyoncé Jay-Z	On The Run II Tour	—	46,982 / 46,982	$4,733,549
5 May 2019		Metallica	Worldwired Tour	Ghost, Bokassa	51,799 / 53,760	$5,285,919
7 June 2019	UK	Ed Sheeran	Divide Tour	Anne-Marie, James Bay	54,658 / 54,658	$4,126,520
7 June 2022	USA	Red Hot Chili Peppers	2022 Global Stadium Tour	A$AP Rocky, Thundercat	—	—
29 July 2022	UK	Iron Maiden	Legacy of the Beast World Tour	Within Temptation, Airbourne	—	—
28 April 2023	USA	Bruce Springsteen	2023 Tour	—	—	—
30 April 2023	USA	Bruce Springsteen	2023 Tour	—	—	—
24 May 2023	UK	Coldplay	Music of the Spheres World Tour	CHVRCHES Porij	224,761 / 224,761	$27,262,896
25 May 2023
27 May 2023
28 May 2023
8 June 2023	USA	Beyoncé	Renaissance World Tour	—	52,889 / 52,889	$7,395,529
12 July 2023	UK	Harry Styles	Love On Tour	Wet Leg	—	—
20 July 2023	Canada	The Weeknd	After Hours til Dawn Tour	Kaytranada Mike Dean	54,017/54,017	$5,484,112
11 June 2024	Germany	Rammstein	Rammstein Stadium Tour	—	—	—
20 June 2024	USA	Bruce Springsteen	2024 Tour	—	—	—
22 June 2024	USA	Bruce Springsteen	2024 Tour	—	—	—
10 July 2024	Spain	Estopa	Gira 25 Aniversario	—	—	—

References

^ ^a ^b "Barca's attendances for next season will be capped at under 50,000". Sport. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
^ "Official Report of the XXV Games of the Olympiad Barcelona 1992; Volume II; p.127" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008.
^ "Como la selección de Cataluña..." [How did the Catalonia team...]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Hemeroteca. 21 May 1929. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 160–7.
^ "Agreement on the transformation of Espai Barça and work on new Camp Nou to begin in June" (Press release). Barcelona: Fútbol Club de Barcelona. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Richards, Huw A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-255-5); Chapter 6, Gathering Storms, p129

External links

Official website
Estadios de España (in Spanish)

Preceded by Seoul Olympic Stadium Seoul	Summer Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies (Olympic Stadium) 1992	Succeeded by Centennial Olympic Stadium Atlanta
Preceded by Seoul Olympic Stadium Seoul	Olympic Athletics competitions Main Venue 1992	Succeeded by Centennial Olympic Stadium Atlanta
Preceded by Ullevi Gothenburg	European Athletics Championships Main Venue 2010	Succeeded by Olympiastadion Helsinki
Preceded by Moncton Stadium Moncton	IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics Main Venue 2012	Succeeded by Hayward Field Eugene

41°21′53″N 2°9′20″E / 41.36472°N 2.15556°E / 41.36472; 2.15556

[22Cap-1] "Barca's attendances for next season will be capped at under 50,000". Sport. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[2] "Official Report of the XXV Games of the Olympiad Barcelona 1992; Volume II; p.127" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008.

[3] "Como la selección de Cataluña..." [How did the Catalonia team...]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Hemeroteca. 21 May 1929. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[4] 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 160–7.

[5] "Agreement on the transformation of Espai Barça and work on new Camp Nou to begin in June" (Press release). Barcelona: Fútbol Club de Barcelona. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[Richards2-6] Richards, Huw A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-255-5); Chapter 6, Gathering Storms, p129

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