RCDE Stadium

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RCDE Stadium
The stadium on the opening day
The stadium on the opening day (August 2, 2009)
Earlier names
  • Estadi Cornellà-El Prat (2009-2014)
Sponsor name (s)
  • Power8 Stadium (2014-2016)
Data
place SpainSpainin the area of Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat , Spain
Coordinates 41 ° 20 '52.1 "  N , 2 ° 4' 32.1"  E Coordinates: 41 ° 20 '52.1 "  N , 2 ° 4' 32.1"  E
owner Espanyol Barcelona
opening August 2, 2009
First game 02 August 2009
Espanyol Barcelona 3-0 Liverpool FC
surface Natural grass
costs € 80 million
architect Mark Fenwick
Javier Iribarren
Esteban Gasulla
capacity 40,500 seats
playing area 105 m × 68 m
Societies)
Events
  • Espanyol Barcelona matches

The RCDE Stadium , originally Estadi Cornellà-El Prat , is a football stadium near Barcelona . It lies within the boundaries of the cities of Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat , both of which belong to the metropolitan area of ​​Barcelona . The owner is the Espanyol Barcelona football club (full name: RCD Espanyol Barcelona).

The venue was officially opened under the name Estadi Cornellà-El Prat on August 2, 2009 with a 3-0 win by Espanyol Barcelona against Liverpool FC and has been the new home of the Catalan football club since the 2009/10 season . It replaces the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, ​​which has been used by the club since 1997.

In June 2010 it received the Stadium Business Award as the best venue at the Stadium Business Summit in Dublin .

In June 2014, the competition technology provider Power8 acquired the naming rights to the stadium. With the start of the 2014/15 season , the stadium was named Power8 Stadium and the contract should run for seven years until 2020/21. After Power8 went bankrupt , it was named RCDE Stadium (short for Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol Stadium) in January 2016 .

gallery

  • The interior of the stadium

  • Estadi Cornellà-El Prat on March 1st 2011, game Espanyol Barcelona against RCD Mallorca

  • Exterior view of the stadium

  • Espanyol fan curve

Web links

Commons : RCDE Stadium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Winners of The Stadium Business Awards 2010 ( Memento from August 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Welcome to Power8 Stadium! ( Memento from June 25, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ), rcdespanyol.com, article from June 13, 2014 (English)