FC Barcelona unveiled plans for a new-look Camp Nou at the weekend with club president Joan Laporta promising the stadium will be a "world reference point".The new plans mark the arena's third major upgrade. First opened on 24 September 1957, to replace the old Les Courts Stadium, the new-look Camp Nou will boast a dramatic Antoni Gaudí-inspired façade and is being reworked by English architect Sir Norman Foster. "It's a personal project," said Foster, who also designed the new Wembley Stadium. "I have based this on three inspirations: football, the city of Barcelona and Catalunya, and Barça.
The stadium will have ten extra levels, using a cable structure which will protect spectators from the wind and rain but it will be flexible to allow sunlight on to the pitch. President Joan Laporta and his board have now decided it is time for a complete face-lift, the most dramatic feature of which will be the spectacular exterior, with blue, yellow and red panels coating the stadium, while capacity will rise again to 104,000. from uefa.com
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