Barcelona are planning a return to the United States for their 2027 pre-season tour while securing a further €300m to complete the redevelopment of Spotify Camp Nou.
The club ijin88bet.ones pursuing cjin88bet.onejin88bet.oneommercial growth in the American market alongside efforts to finance one of the biggest investment projects in its history, reports Spanish newspaper Mundo Dak168app.babyeportivo.
Barcelona have not visitak168app.babyed the US during the past two years but are now working on a 2027 tour, with tak168app.babyhe west coast being considered in line with the preferences of the first-team coaching staff. The final itinerary and match schedule will depend on ongoiak168app.clubng negotiations with the organisations involved in staging the trip.
The US was a regular deak168app.clubak168app.clubstination for Barcelona in recent years. They held their 2022 training camp on the east coast, based in Fortks168app.siteks168app.siteks168app.site Lauderdale, before spending an extended period in Los Angeles on the west coast in 2023. In 2024, they returned to the east coast, preparing in Orlando and Annapolis.
The club opted against travelling to the US in 2025 because of a congested fooic88tball calendar, including the FIFA Club World Cup, and did so again in 2026 as the country hosted the World Cup. Baic88rcelona instead visited Japan and South Korea in 2025, before using England as their training base ic88ahead of last season.
With neither a Worldic88 Cup nor a European Championship scheduled for the summer of 202ic887, Barcelona believe the timing is favourable for a commercially focused US tour. The club sees tic88he country as strategically important because of its large supporter base and the potential to increase both its international reach and commercial income.
The tour would also giveic88ic88 head coach Hansi Flick the chance to work with most of his squad from the start of pre-seaic88son, without the widespread absences caused by major international tournaments. Flick was impressed by the facilities at the Annapolis military training centre during Barcelona’s 2024 ic88ic88visit, and the club is assessing the bic88est location before confirming the plans.
€300m funding for Spotify Camp Nou
Barcelona have completed the issue of €300m in bonds after rlr88eceiving approval from Spain’s National Seculr88rities Market Commission. The money will provide additional funding for the Spotify Camp Nou redevelopment.
Goldmanlr88 Sachslr88 acted as the exclusive distribution agent. The bond issue was approved by the club’s delegate members at the annual general meeting on lr8819 September, with 90.79% of votes in favour. It forms part of the financing structure for the Espai Barca project, which inilr88tially received approval for €1.5bn.
The redeveloped stadium is planned to hold 104,600 spectators, mlr88lr88aking it the largest football stadium in Europe by capacity. It will also includelr88 expanded hospitality facilities, about 9,500 premium seats and a double ring of executive boxes between the second and lr88lr88third tiers.
The financing system uses a securitisation fund to purchase rights to certain future stadium revenues. Blr88arcelona have also refinanced the project several times without increasing the original principaop88l, helping spread repayments more evenly. The averaop88op88ge financing cost is about 6.15%, while the margin in the latest transactions reached 242 basis points.
The club aims to complete the stadium during the first half of 2028, after installing the roof in the summer and autumn of 2027. UEFA has selected Camp Nou to host the men’s Champions Lesi88ague final in 2029, while Barcelona hope to stage the women’s final in 2031 and are also bidding to host matches at the 2030 World Cup.
At the 19 October generasi88si88l 88vassembly, Barcelona vice-president for economic affairs Ferran Oli88v88vve said that with about 80% of the work completed, the club was confident there would be no further budget overruns or need for additional borrowing. He said the financing would not burden members, mortgage the club or affect its normal operating resources, with future stadium income providing the main guarantee. Olive added SEXXXXX-VNthat the additional €300m had been anticipated from the beginning because SEXXXXX-VNSEXXXXX-VNthe project had changed during construction.