The Spotify Camp Nou, under construction on the lawn

The Spotify Camp Nou is in the process of renovating the grass to put the pitch in perfect condition for the new 2022/23 season. The tasks began this Monday with the removal of the topsoil and will continue over the next few weeks to reach August 7, the first match to be played at the Barça stadium, coinciding with the trophy Joan Gamperwhich Barça will finally play against the Pumas of Mexicowith a lawn in optimal conditions.

A change every summer

The grass of the stadium has been changed every summer for seven years with the aim of being able to enjoy excellent grass throughout the season. The location of the playing field, the microclimate at grass level and compliance with pest management regulations make it risky, based on the empirical values ​​studied in recent years, to start the League championship with quality grass without doing complete renewal of the topsoil.

Natural grass with 5% synthetic

The pitch of the Spotify Camp Nou It is of the hybrid type, made up of approximately 5% synthetic fibers and 95% natural grass, which is a suitable mixture of the types Lolium perenne y Poa pratensis in cultivars and adequate percentages to adapt to the conditions of the Spotify Camp Nou, both sports, biomechanical and agronomic. The origin of the grass this season is from Estremadurawhere the specific grass for the Barça stadium has been cultivated over the last few months.

Recycling of materials

The process of renewing the lawn is carried out with sustainability criteria, both in terms of the recycling of materials and their reuse. Thus, the synthetic fibers are taken to a landfill to be reused by third parties, the plant part is also recycled to make substrates and the sand is largely reused and mixed with new sand.

The process, which began on Monday, July 4 with the removal of the layer, continues this week with the replacement of the sand. On July 10 at night and when the temperature and humidity conditions are suitable, the new grass will be uprooted from the nursery of Estremadurawill travel during the day in refrigerated trucks and arrive at Barcelona the next day. Between the 11th and the 12th, and for four nights, taking advantage of the cool weather to avoid plant stress, the new lawn will be placed in clods 1.2 wide along the length and then the hybridization tasks will begin, which consist of make the stitching of synthetic fibers in natural grass. This process lasts about ten days, until the 23rd or 24th of July. From this moment on, review and consolidation work will be carried out so that the grass arrives August 7th for him Gamper in optimal conditions, with the right grass and already adapting to the conditions of the stadium, although it will still take a few days for it to be 100%.

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