Incredibly, the stadium is an absolute dump. (Nou Camp Stadium)

Member Name: eyedo6789

Product:	Nou Camp Stadium
Date:	04/03/09 (46 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Only that you can say that you have been there.

Disadvantages: An awfully out of condition stadium with terrible facilities.

The exterior and interior of The Camp Nou is one of the biggest dumps I have ever been in.

I paid good money for the stadium tour and what I found was in my opinion an utter disgrace.
(My visit was in July 2008)

No working lifts so everyone including old and infirm people had to trudge up about 8 flights of stairs in a grotty, filthy stairwell to get up to the higher vantage point inside the stadium.

The whole of the interior, excluding the trophy rooms and probably the home teams changing room which was out of bounds to visitors, was grotty, totally undecorated and like the inside of a badly maintained public toilet.

The away team's changing rooms, which we were allowed into, was of a far lower standard than any poorly funded school changing room. Old beaten up lockers, cheap old showers, basic wooden benches and hooks on the wall and that's about it. Clearly hadn't been updated for at least 15 years.

I suppose you could argue that it is deliberate psychology to make the away team uncomfortable but having seen the dire state of decoration in most other parts of the interior of the stadium I'd say that it was just shoddy and lazy to have it in such a state.

The only place to get food and drink was an area near to the stadium entrance which had very cheap metal tables and chairs, not fit for a cheap garden, and the food was of poor transport cafe standard....... that's cafe spelt caff.

The only smart areas were the trophy room and the souvenir shop. The pitch itself was manicured to a very high standard. The seating was okay but not special or new in any way.

The whole thing was a major disappointment and I am still astounded at what a dump the Camp Nou is given that Barcelona FC are such a great club.

Perhaps there is some major updating of the stadium planned or in progress. I would hope so because what I saw was just not fitting in my opinion of one of Europe's top clubs.

This review is also posted on www.ciao.co.uk
under my user name bella6789

Summary: Only go there if its to watch football not just for sightseeing. (in my opinion)