fights, better salaries, the beach… and a lot of work | Relief
Reconstruction work continues. Long hours of work and very little restonly on weekends, with the goal of opening the Estadi doors as soon as possible. “We want to return home as soon as possible. As a club we need to go home. We are working towards returning at the end of the year, but exact day may vary” said Elena Fort, vice president of institutional affairs.
For now, Some of the blue and red seats have already begun to be set up.. These will be final and installation is expected to continue throughout this week. Limak continues his search new workers to speed up work. Last week there was a fight with sticks between 20 construction workers. The incident ended with six suffered minor injuries and the coach threw them all out. The workers were Romanians and Albanians who lived in hotels in Calella and commuted to work at Spotify Camp Nou every day.
This is not the first internal fight between workers. At the end of May there was another incident involving several people and paramedics had to attend to treat some minor injuries. In Camp’s Pharaonic Work More than 1,200 people of different nationalities live together. In September, Limak, the company responsible for the project, signed just over 50 new contracts. In addition, more than 80 subcontractors continue to work tirelessly. The functioning of the Camp Nou is similar to the work of a mini-city or the work of the UN, in which Turks, Armenians, Romanians, Russians, Brazilians, Dominicans, South Americans, Pakistanis, Portuguese or Africans..
They live for and for the construction of the Camp Nou.
At one of the last meetings of residents, the city council and FC Barcelona, an extension of the opening hours by 24 hours from Monday to Friday was approved, provided that these operations take place inside the Barcelona Coliseum. That is, You can only perform those tasks that do not interferefor example, cable pulling or painting. They have been in this state for a little over a month now. Outdoor opening hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., except in the Gol Nord area, which overlooks the cemetery. Since there were no houses, this continued until midnight.
The event starts at 7:30.. Many of the first shift workers come for café au lait or coffee in the surrounding bars. The working day begins at 8, with a morning break for lunch. Early in the morning, those on the next shift arrive before midnight. Some drink beer before folding. And so on day after day, except Saturday and Sunday, when the mini-city of Camp Nou becomes a wasteland waiting for the start of a new week.
Sun, beach and the best conditions
Some of the workers live at the Hotel Esplai in Calella, 62 kilometers from the Camp Nou and less than an hour by bus. Romanians, Portuguese and Brazilians have their base camp in the tourist capital of the Costa del Maresme. They like the terrain and the local climate. “We have a pool, the beach is nearby… we have nothing to complain about”– one of the workers told Relevo then. In the summer, they took the opportunity to go to beach bars to drink and dance if they weren’t working the next day. “It’s good to clear my head a little.”they said.
It will be almost a year ago Newspaper identified cases of violations and fraud on the part of some companies that subcontract their workers. The latter was addressed to a group of Romanians who had to fight to get paid for their flight back to Romania. With 300 euros in hand, after much fighting they gave up the job. They were promised a salary that they did not deliver. When hotel residents are asked about this event, they all mention it. “They were deceived by a company from their country,” they admit. The rest are happy. “We are paid more than in our country and the conditions are very good. If we had been deceived, we would not be here. We read the entire agreement that we signed.”explains the carpenter.
Every day there are fewer and fewer opportunities to return to Spotify Camp Nou. The club itself doesn’t even know the date. Many factors determine income. Work is underway to prepare it by the end of the year, but It probably won’t be played again until February at the earliest.. Upon return to the field the club will have available 45,000 passes in League matches and about 40,000 in the Champions League.. Capacity will be 62,000 viewers and therefore it will be 17,000 tickets will go on sale for the general public. The work will be completed in the summer of 2026..