Why don't people go to see Barça?

The forced transfer to Montjuïc due to the Camp Nou works is not a dish that the majority of Barça fans are savoring to their liking.. The fact that last summer the figure of 27,000 subscribers that the entity chaired by Joan Laporta had set out to reach has already left a clear sign of this. Not in vain, it was a third of the 81,000 members who, each year, religiously took out their subscription in their old home, whether or not they later attended all the games.

Almost at the last minute, with a final acceleration, 17,000 tickets were sold. The audience record, of course, was recorded in the classic: some 50,000 fans in the stands. Against Atlético, on the other hand, with everything at stake, the figure was the lowest so far: 34,568 spectators.

Compared to Camp Nou, Montjuïc is a venue that is much more isolated from the rest of the city. Access by car to the surroundings of the stadium is also restricted only to buses that have a parking space, which is very limited.. As for motorcycles, followers have 3,500 seats, located on Paseo del Migdia and Doctor Font i Quer street.. In the first case, the squares are quite far away, while in the second they would be somewhat closer.

Half an hour on public transport

The recommendations of Barcelona City Council, of course, are to access the surroundings of the venue, on match days, either by taking advantage of one of the available shuttle buses or some of the city buses that leave relatively close, using the funicular, although the The distance to travel from there is also not negligible, by bicycle or on foot, using some of the escalators that can begin to be used on Avenida de Maria Cristina, very close to the Plaza de España.

Going from the center of Barcelona to Montjuïc, on foot, takes about 46 minutes, taking into account that the path is uphill.. By public transport, in the best of cases, it takes about half an hour, while by bicycle it takes about 20 minutes.

Access to the stadium can be done in a more or less staggered manner. The exit, on the other hand, usually presents more problems. It is not at all unusual to see long lines of fans waiting to get on some of the shuttles that go to the Plaza de España or to see a veritable flood of people preparing to make that journey on foot or, again, using the escalators. .

No fixed seat

As for the assistance itself, Xavi did not hesitate to point out two perhaps somewhat hackneyed, but very real, factors.. “I guess the time and the cold also count. We need them and those who have come have been 10. Next Sunday we also need them, because we will face another team that, surprisingly, is a direct rival. We are four points behind Girona,” said the coach.

The location of the Olímpic, without buildings around it, means that the thermal sensation experienced in the stands is much lower than in much of the city of Barcelona.. Something that, furthermore, is accentuated as the day passes. The system of distributing tickets among subscribers did not seem to be very convincing either.. Despite having paid to access an area, there is no fixed seat. Subscribers who are going to attend must confirm their presence six days before the match. If they do not do so, the club can freely dispose of the location that they would be assigned.