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Facilities RCDE Stadium

Historia

Officially inaugurated on the 2nd of august 2009, the Stadium RCDE was conceived in 2002, when the club decided to organize an international tender to choose a new setting. The winning project was the one by Mark Fenwick and Esteve Gasulla, who projected a stadium to hold 37.776 spectators between the municipal districts of Cornellà and El Prat de Llobregat.

That project has already come true and it is conceived as an element of creation of new infrastructures and interrelation among the citizens, following the criteria of new stadiums in Europe, with the inclusion of a recreational centre for all the family and several equipments beyond the sport facilities.

The stadium counts with two areas –the stands and the ring that surrounds them- and has a clear and strong design, with definite geometrics, and a facade conceived as a flying and transparent curtain with the club colors, that are lit at night.

The cover is filled with solar plates, that will produce a great energy saving sheltering all stadium but the corners.

RCD Espanyol farewells the Olympic Stadium stage to go back to a house of their own: a 4 stars stadium designed under a harmonic balance between functionality, economics and aesthetics, which has come true this 2009 and becomes the new home for the perico supporters.

Historia

Technical details and services

  • Technical Data

    • Grass pitch (105 x 68)

    • Capacity: 37.776 spectators

    • Stadium built on a piece of land of 36.000 m2

    • Solar panels of 0,5 MW on the cover

    • Stadium built under energy saving criteria

  • Services

    • 4 star-rated stadium

    • Vip Zones:

      • President club - 271 seats

      • Executive club - 36 boxes at the intermediate ring of the Presidential Stand

      • Corporate club - 1200 seats distributed among the 2 ends and the side stands of the intermediate ring. VIP services for boxes and seats.

    • Facility parking with 3278 parking spaces.

    • Stadium built under accessibility criteria for handicapped people.

    • 27 bars

    • 24 radio booths and 133 press seats.

2002 

    • CORNELLÀ DECIDED AS STADIUM LOCATION 
    • JANUARY 17TH, 2002 

    The Ayuntamiento de Cornellà town council approve the location for the new stadium. Some 182,000m2 is allotted to the stadium and a commercial-leisure area.  

2003 

    • THE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED 
    • MARCH 6TH, 2003 

    An agreement is signed with the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the Ayuntamiento town councils of Cornellà and El Prat, for the construction of the new stadium. Present at the signing are Political Territory and Public Construction Councillor, Felip Puig, Mayor of Cornellá, José Montilla, and the Mayor of El Prat, Lluís Tejedor. 

     

    • THE FIRST STONE IS LAID 
    • MAY 9TH, 2003 

    The first stone of RCD Espanyol’s new stadium is laid, presided over by the President of the Generalitat, Jordi Pujol, and attended by numerous figures connected to the club. Fans also witness the historic moment for the new ground. The project is the work of Reid Fenwick Asociados, with architects Mark Fenwick and Javier Iribarren working alongside Gasulla Arquitectura and Esteban Gasulla. 

2004 

    • WORK BEGINS IN EARNEST 
    • DECEMBER 22ND, 2004 

    RCD Espanyol president, Daniel Sánchez Llibre, announces that "Now you can begin!" To those in charge of the construction work. The first diggers enter the site, to initiate the moving of the rugby pitch. In this first stage of work, architects Esteve Gasulla and Mark Fenwick speak about the main details of the project.   

2005 

    • PRESENTATION OF THE DEFINITIVE PROJECT 
    • OCTOBER 5TH, 2005 

    The club’s Vice President and Head of Heritage, José Luis Perelló, and CEO, José Luis Morlanes, present the definitive project with technical descriptions, timeframes and virtual tours. 

    • THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS SIGNED 
    • NOVEMBER 21ST, 2005 

     RCDE Preident, Daniel Sánchez Llibre, oversees the signing of the contract for construction rights to the new Estadio de Cornellá-El Prat, with construction companies FCC and Copisa. Alongside him, club Vice President and Head of Heritage, José Luis Perelló, and CEO, José Luis Morlanes, and Sub-director General of FCC Construcción, Jordi Piera, and President of Copisa, Josep Cornadó, make the signature official. The act is attended by all areas of the club, including the sporting management, peñas and fans.  

    • CONSTRUCTION GETS UNDERWAY 
    • NOVEMBER 30TH, 2005 

    The first machines enter the site, for the initial stages of the building project that include cordoning off the site, clean-up and preparation.  

2006 

    • THE RUGBY PITCH IS HANDED OVER TO CORNELLÀ 
    • JANUARY 15TH, 2006 

    Club President, Daniel Sánchez Llibre, hands over the new rugby and athletics pitch and track to the Mayor of Cornellà, Antonio Balmón. The event is attended by club Vice President and Head of Heritage, José Luis Perelló, and CEO, José Luis Morlanes, as well as representatives of the various areas of the club, representatives of the city of Cornellà, and directors from the construction companies and organisers of the project.  

    • PREPARATION AND CLEAN-UP  
    • MAY 1ST, 2006 

    The ground is prepared. To guarantee stability in the centre of the stadium, the existing soil has to be replaced with compacted 50cm layers at a depth of 5 metres.  

    • INITIAL APPROVAL OF THE RELOCATION PROJECT BY THE AYUNTAMIENTO DE EL PRAT 
    • OCTOBER 24TH, 2006 
    • APPROVAL OF THE COMMERCIAL LICENCE BY THE GENERALITAT DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE  
    • OCTOBER 28TH, 2006 
    • INITIAL APPROVAL OF THE RELOCATION PROJECT BY THE AYUNTAMIENTO DE  CORNELLÀ 
    • OCTOBER 31ST, 2006 
    • URBANISATION WORK BEGINS 
    • 31 OCT 2006 
    • URBANISATION WORK BEGINS 
    • NOVEMBER 2ND, 2006 

2007 

    • PILE FOUNDATION WORK BEGINS 
    • JANUARY 8TH 2007 
    • The stadium construction work takes place at the same time as the urbaniation work, which consists of streets, entrances and a 10-hectar green area. Although the stadium occupies 36,000 m2, the entire complex measures at 200,000 m2. 
    • STADIUM STRUCTURE WORK BEGINS 
    • APRIL 10TH, 2007 
    • FOUNDATION WORK IS COMPLETED 
    • SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2007 
    • Foundation work is completed and work begins on the structure of the Gol Sur and Lateral Este stands, alongside the shopping centre. The Gol Norte and Tribuna sections are also developed at underground level, with the intermediate stand and access to the upper stand to follow.

2008 

    • CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN SITU FINALISED 
    • MARCH 1ST, 2008 
    • METALLIC STRUCTURE WORK FOR THE MAIN ROOF BEGINS  
    • APRIL 1ST, 2008 
    • UPPER AND MIDDLE STANDS COMPLETED 
    • MAY 1ST, 2008 
    • PRESS AND TV AREA STRUCTURE COMPLETED. LIFTS INSTALLED  
    • JUNE 2ND, 2008 
    • MAIN FACADE WORK BEGINS 
    • JULY 1ST, 2008 
    • METALLIC COVERING STRUCTURE ERECTED  
    • SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2008 

    The metal covering sheets are put in place, as are the seats of the upper stand. S 

    • LOWER STANDS COMPLETED 
    • OCTOBER 1ST, 2008 

2009 

    • PITCH LAID ON THE FIELD OF PLAY 
    • FEBRUARY 23RD, 2009 
    • FINAL CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE RECEIVED 
    • JULY 5TH, 2009 

    RCD Espanyol receive the certificate for the completion of the stadium, in a heavily attended event. 

    • FIRST OFFICIAL ACT - “YOKOSO NAKAMURA” 
    • JULY 13TH, 2009 

    Shunsuke Nakamura, Japan’s greatest ever player, becomes the first footballer to be officially presented at the new stadium, in front of almost 200 journalists and 7,000 fans.  

    • FIRST DAY OF WORK 
    • JULY 13TH, 2009 

    RCD Espanyol staff unpack their belongings from the new offices for an intense first day of work at the new stadium.  

    • PITCH TEST 
    • JULY 19TH, 2009 

    The Espanyol veteran team play a tournament in Cornellà-El Prat, in order to test the access points, dressing rooms, stands, corridors and more. Martín Posse scores the first goal at the new stadium.   

    • INAUGURATION OF THE RCDE STADIUM  
    • AUGUST 2ND, 2009 

    The new RCDE stadium is officially inaugurated with a game between RCD Espanyol and Liverpool FC. It features a pre-match shot organised by La Fura dels Baus and Velvet Events. 40,000 fans attend, witnessing a 3-0 victory for Los Pericos.  

     

TECHNICAL DETAILS

In 2003, Reid Fenwick Asociados and Gasulla Arquitectura i Gestió won the international tender put out by RCD Espanyol for their new stadium, headquarters and surrounding buildings.  

The finalists for the bidding also included Jean Nouvel, HOK and Arquitectònica. 

The club requested a 37.776 capacity ground, new offices, a club museum and annexed commercial areas.  

 

New RCD Espanyol Stadium

  • CLIENT: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, SAD

  • LOCATION: Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona

  • SURFACE: 80.000m²

  • MAIN ARCHITECTS: Mark Fenwick and Esteban Gasulla

  • SPORTING ARCHITECTS: Arup Sport (London)

  • STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING: Indus

  • FACILITY ENGINEERING: PGI Grup (Girona)

  • CONSTRUCTORS: FCC Construcción and Copisa

FICHA TÉCNICA RCDE STADIUM

    • Capacity:37.776 spectators

    • Covered Seats: 92%

    • Total surface: 80.000m²

    • Club Offices: 2.510 m²

    • Commercial buildings: 10.000m²

    • Parking spaces: 350 ud.

    • Latest generation design

    • Modern commercial stadium features

    • Environmental criteria adopted

    • Disabled access criteria adopted

    • UEFA Elite Stadium badge

    • Exterior image with Espanyol colours

    • Exterior facade with LED lighting

    • Pitch dimensions of 68x105 sep. 6 and 7.5mts.

  • Reid Fenwick Asociados
    Mark Fenwick y Javier Iribarren Arquitectos

    - Contact: Phone 915 556 836 | Fax 915 556 853
    - Address: Parque Arbea, Crta. Fuencarral M-603 Km. 3.800, Alcobendas 28108, Madrid
    - E-mail: mjf@reid-fenwick.es - s.richardson@reid-fenwick.es

    Gasulla Arquitectura y Gestión
    Esteban Gasulla Arquitecto

    - Contact: Phone 934 390 444 | Fax 933 228 083
    - Address: Calle Buenos Aires 7 BXS, A. 08029 Barcelona
    - E-mail: esteban@gasulla.net