Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium

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The Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium (officially until 2001, Montjuïc Olympic Stadium) is a municipal sports venue located on the Montjuic mountain of the Sants-Montjuïc district, in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

The original stadium was inaugurated on May 20, 1929 by King Alfonso XIII, one day after the inauguration of the International Exhibition. On the occasion of the 1992 Olympic Games, the stadium was rebuilt almost entirely (1985-1989), being reopened 60 years later as an "Olympic stadium", on September 8, 1989, by also King Juan Carlos I.

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History.

Designed by the Barcelona architect Pere Domènech i Roura, son of the modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, 3 was designed to host future Olympic Games, which after four bid attempts, would arrive in Barcelona 63 years later.4 The configuration of the stands of the enclosure, it was composed of two semicircles that linked two straight lines, following the style of the Roman constructions of circuses and amphitheaters, inside which housed the athletic track and the sports field with north-south orientation, of 208.5 mx 109 m .5 It had a cost at the time of 65 million pesetas6 and had a capacity of 60,000 spectators, the second largest in the world at that time, 7 only surpassed by Wembley Stadium, with capacity for 100,000 spectators.

The works began on April 5, 1927, with the laying of the first stone.8 It was inaugurated on May 20, 1929 by King Alfonso XIII, on the occasion of the International Exhibition of Barcelona, ​​which hosted its sports section.9 The opening events included a friendly football match, played between a team of players from the Barcelona teams and the Bolton Wanderers, in addition to a friendly rugby match, played between the teams of Spain and Italy.

It hosted during that first year, several matches of the first edition of the National First Division League Championship (1928-29), the three Barcelona clubs of the category, Football Club Barcelona, ​​Club Deportivo Europa and Real Club Deportivo Español.

On July 19, 1936, the Popular Olympiad was scheduled to begin at the stadium, being suspended because of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

It was the main venue of the 1955 Mediterranean Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the athletics, horse riding, soccer and field hockey events.

In 1957, the stadium hosted the Generalissimo Cup Final, in the only edition whose final football club Barcelona and Real Spanish Sports Club have faced, the two great clubs of the “Barcelona City”, contesting a Barcelona derby that ended with Barca victory 1-0.

In 1982, it was the setting for two months of rehearsals for the inaugural ceremony of the '82 World Cup held in the Camp Nou, where more than 3,000 students from several Salesian schools in Barcelona intervened.

Barcelona 1992.

With the concession to Barcelona on October 17, 1986, of the organization of the 1992 Olympic Games, the reconstruction of the stadium was undertaken by the team of architects Correa-Milà-Margarit-Buxadé, with the participation of the Italian Vittorio Gregotti. 10

The works began at the end of 1985,11 being the stadium completely emptied and conserving only the exterior facades (although the west facade, whose conservation contemplated the project, it was not possible to save it and had to be rebuilt), raising new bleachers for a capacity total of 55,926 spectators. The level was lowered 11 meters and the stone that was extracted, Montjuïc stone of excellent quality, is used for the construction of the Temple of the Sagrada Familia.

On September 8, 1989, it was inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I as «Olympic Stadium of Montjuic», on the occasion of the 1989 World Cup of Athletics, and three years later it was the scene of the inauguration and closing ceremonies of the mentioned Olympic Games of 1992, as well as of the tests of athletics. It was also the scene of the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletic events of the Paralympic Games. For the celebration of these events, 11,081 additional seats were provisionally installed, which were removed at the end of them.

Espanyol of Barcelona

From August 1997 to May 2009, the Spanish Royal Sports Club played its home games at this stadium, coming from the Sarriá Stadium and until the inauguration of its new Cornellá-El Prat Stadium. Montjuïc is also one of the thirteen Spanish stadiums classified as category 4 of UEFA, which enables it to host the end of continental football competitions.

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