Olympic Stadium Of Montjuic
With the enormous urban operation that the global Exposition of Barcelona 1929 represented, the Council made a decision to build a great sporting place for the town which would add weight in convincing the global Olympic council and, in particular, Baron Pierre de Coubertin that Barcelona aimed to organise, with well set up aspirations, the Olympics. So the Stadium of Montjuic was born. After many years of neglect and decline the stadium was redecorated to become the core of the Olympics in 1992. Thousands of athletes from each part of the World landed in the Aeroport Barcelone and provided a huge show in the Olympic Stadium.
In the eighties the organising council of Barcelona 92 held a global design competition to do the job of rebuilding the stadium. The firm of designers Correa-Mil-Margarit-Buixad was selected to design the management plan for Montjuc, which included the restoration of the stadium. The Italian designer, Vittorio Gregotti, also worked alongside the Catalan designers.
Montjuic was totally stripped and the main facade was the sole part of the stadium to get left untouched. The capacity was increased to 45,000 and the area round the stadium was made into a ring full of sporting facilities that made the Olympics of Barcelona such a success.
The price of the work reached 8,500 million pesetas at the time, with the stadium being provided with the most modern fittings available, which can accommodate any kind of world athletics competition or other events.
Presently the Olympic Stadium of Montjuic, whose official title is the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium of Montjuc, is a modern stadium in full use which is thought of as a 5 star stadium by the Union of european soccer Associations ( UEFA ). Only 2 other stadiums in Spain have this ranking : Vicente Caldern and Camp Nou, the official stadium of the FC Barcelona which attracts each year thousands of tourists who make a long Voyage Barcelone in order to see it.
Filed under Travel and Leisure by on Aug 27th, 2010. 