RCDE Stadium

RCDE Stadium
Cornellà-El Prat
Full name RCDE Stadium
Former names Cornellà-El Prat
(2009–2014)
Power8 Stadium
(2014–2016)
Location Cornellà and El Prat, Barcelona, Spain
Coordinates 41°20′52.3″N 2°4′32.4″E / 41.347861°N 2.075667°E / 41.347861; 2.075667Coordinates: 41°20′52.3″N 2°4′32.4″E / 41.347861°N 2.075667°E / 41.347861; 2.075667
Owner Espanyol
Operator Espanyol
Executive suites 44
Capacity 40,500
Record attendance 40,240 (Espanyol-Real Madrid, 13 February 2011)
Field size 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground 9 May 2003
Built 9 May 2005
Opened 2 August 2009
Construction cost € 60 million
Architect Mark Fenwick, Javier Iribarren (Reid Fenwick Asociados) and Esteban Gasulla (Gasulla Arquitectura y Gestió)
Project manager Jacques Coltard
Structural engineer Indus
Services engineer PGI Group
General contractor FCC Construcción i Copisa
Tenants
RCD Espanyol (2009–present)

RCDE Stadium, also known as Estadi Cornellà-El Prat (Catalan pronunciation: [əsˈtaði kuɾnəˈʎa əl ˈpɾat]; Spanish: Estadio Cornellà-El Prat [esˈtaðjo koɾneˈʎa el ˈpɾat]) is an all-seater football stadium on the outskirts of Cornellà de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat, in the wider Barcelona urban area (Catalonia, Spain). It took three years to build and cost approximately €60 million. Completed in the summer of 2009, it was awarded as Venue of the Year getting the Stadium Business Awards on 18 June 2010 in Dublin. The stadium has a capacity of 40,500. It is the new home of RCD Espanyol and replaced their previous stadium, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. It is the eighth stadium in the club's history.

History

The stadium is known as the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat because it is located on the borders of the municipalities Cornellà and El Prat. The club hopes to find a buyer for the naming rights for the stadium. After the death of club captain Daniel Jarque, many have proposed that the stadium should be renamed in his honour.[1] However, the club has not taken a definite stance on the subject.[2]

Espanyol defeated Liverpool 3–0 in the stadium's inaugural match on 2 August 2009.[3]

On July 2014, the stadium was renamed as Power8 Stadium for sponsorship reasons.[4] In January 2016, the club renamed the stadium as RCDE Stadium ending the sponsorship of Power8.[5]

Other uses

On July 3, 2010, the stadium received a live concert of American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, during The E.N.D World Tour, in front of 30,000 fans.

League attendances

This is a list of league games attendances of Espanyol at Cornellà-El Prat.[6]

Season Total High Low Average
2009–10 La Liga529,34139,26022,27527,860
2010–11 La Liga497,69140,24020,13426,193
2011–12 La Liga448,86335,12216,62723,624
2012–13 La Liga397,59630,02315,28020,926
2013–14 La Liga373,22332,13112,65019,643
2014–15 La Liga355,12830,25312,71018,691
2015–16 La Liga348,35327,39512,46118,334
2016–17 La Liga381,42831,08214,81320,075
2017–18 La Liga335,30924,83611,65917,648

References

  1. ↑ ENCUESTA: ¿Debería llamarse 'Dani Jarque' el nuevo estadio del Espanyol? elEconomista.es, 9 August 2009
  2. ↑ "Pedro Tomás: "Permitidme que no me pronuncie porque no sería oportuno decir nada"". Marca.com. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool Crushed As Espanyol Celebrates New Stadium In Style". Goal.com. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "El estadio del Espanyol pasa a llamarse 'Power8 Stadium' hasta 2021". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "El Espanyol da por liquidado el contrato con Power8" (in Spanish). El Periódico. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Espectadors a Cornellà-El Prat". OscarJulia.com (in Catalan). 27 May 2013.
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