September 24th

On this day – September 24th 1957 – The stadium Camp Neu was opened

Camp Neu in Spain was officially opened in 1957. The building if the stadium started in March 1954 and it took 3 years to build it. The building of the stadium ended up going 336 % over budget. It was built as, and is today the stadium for the football team FC Barcelona. Barcelona defeated Legia Warsaw 4-2 in the first match played in the new stadium. The stadium seats 99,354, which makes it Europe’s largest.