FC Barcelona is canvassing demand for a fresh round of stadium financing to push its long-delayed Camp Nou modernization over the line. The plan under discussion: sell €300 million of investment-grade bonds across three tranches, with the longest running up to 30 years. People familiar with the talks say Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is structuring the sale. Representatives for both the club and Goldman declined to comment.
The placements are targeted for October to November, and some of those close to the process say interest ran high at an Investor Day last week.
That €300 million is one piece of a broader €510 million financing approved last week. Beyond finishing construction, the money is intended to plug overshoots tied to delays and to fund scope additions such as more VIP and hospitality offerings, extra museum footprint, and better 5G connectivity.
These stadium bonds are slated to sit inside the securitization vehicle that supports Espai Barça funding. For the initial stadium loan, lenders consented to charge no interest through 2026, which had been the anticipated completion year.
Renovation timing has forced the team to play at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Montjuic, which offers roughly half the usual capacity, and at a reduced-capacity Spotify Camp Nou capped near 63,000 seats. The club will need to return to Montjuic for the first half of the 2027 to 2028 season while work wraps. That disruption has weighed on income for each of the past three seasons as the club copes with a smaller, less convenient venue setup.
Looking ahead, the Espai Barça plan targets stadium capacity of about 105,000, up from more than 99,000, and envisions additional facilities for basketball and handball, along with a museum and a shop that would be new.
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Members also approved €210 million in fixed-rate media notes, with the collateral coming from future La Liga and UEFA broadcasting revenue. Half of that amount went out the door in July, featuring maturities that can extend to 10 years and a bullet repayment, where the principal is settled at the end.
Funding is getting pricier. The July media notes were sold at about 5.14% with a mix of existing and new private placement buyers. The fresh media notes being readied, again with a 10-year term, are expected to come in around 5.75% to 6%, and people familiar say the stadium bonds are likely to land near the top of that range. Rising rates are the culprit.
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