Barcelona will ask La Liga to schedule more away games at the start of next season, with a view to their return to Camp Nou.
The Blaugrana, who currently play their matches at Montjuic in the old Olympic stadium, have seen their average attendance almost halve last season, and losses on match revenue are expected to be 70-90 million euros. Even taking into account the loss of capacity and a drop off, Barcelona are thought to be 10 million euros behind their targets.
As such, Barcelona ask the League to schedule as many away games as possible at the start of next season, as per Relief. The renovation works of the Camp Nou, if everything goes according to plan, will allow them to return in November with a capacity of 60-65,000. The idea is that they will be able to start increasing their match income as much as possible for next season, play fewer games at Montjuic.
These requests tend to be honored by the League, which has done similar for Villarreal and Real Madrid in recent seasons to accommodate renovation work. While the lowest attendance has been given to Montjuic, his time management at Montjuic has been relatively disastrous so far. Received only 17,000 season ticket requests, this was 12,000 below their projections, and that number was only reached after lowering prices.
