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| Former names | Estadi de Montjuïc(1929–85) Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc(1989–2001) |
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| Location | Pg. Olímpic, 17-19 |
| Coordinates | 41°21′53″N2°9′20″E / 41.36472°N 2.15556°E /41.36472; 2.15556 |
| Owner | Barcelona City Council |
| Operator | Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (B:SM) |
| Capacity | 55,926[1] |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1927; 98 years ago (1927) |
| Opened | 20 May 1929; 96 years ago (1929-05-20) |
| Renovated | 1985–89 |
| Construction cost | 288 million pesetas |
| Architect | Pere Domènech i Roura |
| Structural engineer | Arup |
| Tenants | |
| Barcelona Dragons (1991–92, 1995–2002) Espanyol (1997–2009) Barcelona (2023–2025) | |
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Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, also known as Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys,[2][a] formerly known as theEstadi deMontjuïc andEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and also known inEnglish as theBarcelona Olympic Stadium,[3][4] is astadium inBarcelona,Catalonia. Originally built in 1927 for the1929 International Exposition in the city (and Barcelona's failed bid for the1936 Summer Olympics, which were awarded toBerlin), it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the1992 Summer Olympics[5] and1992 Summer Paralympics. The stadium is named afterLluís Companys, the 123rd president of theGeneralitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia), who was executed byFrancoist Spain.
With its current capacity of 55,926 seats[1] (67,007 during the 1992 Olympics), it is thesixth-largest stadium in Spain and the second largest in Catalonia.
The stadium is located in theAnella Olímpica, onMontjuïc, a hill to the southwest of the city that overlooks the harbor.
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Designed by architectPere Domènech i Roura [es] for the1929 Expo, the stadium was officially opened on 20 May 1929. The opening ceremonies includedSpain's first official rugby international game againstItaly, and a friendly football match between theCatalan national team andBolton Wanderers, which the Catalan team won by a shocking score of 4–0 with goals fromJosep Samitier (2),Martí Ventolrà andManuel Parera.[6]
It was meant to host thePeople's Olympiad in 1936, a protest event against the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin, but the event had to be canceled due to the outbreak of theSpanish Civil War.
In the fifties, the stadium was the centerpiece of the1955 Mediterranean Games, and in 1957 it hosted the onlynational football cup final betweenBarcelona andEspanyol, the two local clubs.
In the seventies, the stadium was disused and the stands deteriorated. When theSpanish Grand Prix and other races were held at theMontjuïc racing circuit, the stadium was used as a paddock for the teams. Due to safety concerns, the1975 F1 race was nearly boycotted by drivers.[citation needed]
During Barcelona's bid for the1992 Summer Olympics, the stadium was totally renovated with the involvement of Italian architectVittorio Gregotti. The stadium was gutted, preserving parts of the original facades, and new grandstands were built. In 1989, the venue was re-inaugurated for theWorld Cup in Athletics, and three years later it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and all theathletics competitions of the Olympic Games and also the same functions during the Paralympics.[7]
The stadium served as the home of Espanyol from 1997 until 2009.
It also served as the home of theBarcelona DragonsAmerican football team from 1991 until 2002. Because the size of the playing surface was slightly shorter than the regulationAmerican football length, the stadium only had seven-yard end zones, three yards shorter than regulation NFL size in 1991 and 1992. They were later lengthened to the standard ten yards. The stadium also played host to theNational Football League'sAmerican Bowl in 1993 and in 1994. TheSan Francisco 49ers played thePittsburgh Steelers on 1 August 1993. The second game was played on 31 July 1994 between theLos Angeles Raiders and theDenver Broncos.
In 2001, the stadium was renamed after the former president of theGeneralitat de CatalunyaLluís Companys, who was executed at the nearby Montjuïc Castle in 1940 by theFranco regime. In 2010, the stadium hosted the20th European Athletics Championships.
For the2023–24 and the2024–25 seasons, the stadium served as the home ground forBarcelona during the redevelopment of theCamp Nou.[8] Barcelona returned to the stadium at the start of the2025–26 season, with the partial reopening of Camp Nou having been delayed multiple times.[9]
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| Date | Origin | Artist | Event | Opening Act | Attendance | Revenue |
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| 7 October 1989 |  Spain | Mecano | Música para vivir[b] | Víctor Manuel Duncan Dhu Miguel Bosé Mercedes Ferrer La Unión Los Rebeldes Poch Los Toreros Muertos La Guardia Danza Invisible | 65,000 / 65,000 | — |
| 13 June 1990 |  United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | Urban Jungle Tour | Gun | — | — |
| 14 June 1990 | ||||||
| 25 July 1990 |  United States | Prince | Nude Tour | — | 49,455 / 49,455 | — |
| 1 August 1990 | Madonna | Blond Ambition World Tour | — | — | — | |
| 5 October 1990 | Tina Turner | Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour | — | — | — | |
| 6 October 1990 | ||||||
| 24 September 1991 | Metallica | Wherever We May Roam Tour | — | — | — | |
| 18 September 1992 | Michael Jackson | Dangerous World Tour | Rozalla | 60,000 / 60,000 | — | |
| 11 May 1993 | Bruce Springsteen | 1992-1993 World Tour | — | — | — | |
| 5 July 1993 | Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion Tour | — | — | — | |
| 6 October 1993 |  France | Jean-Michel Jarre | Europe in Concert | El Último de la Fila | — | — |
| 27 July 1994 | United Kingdom | Pink Floyd | The Division Bell Tour | — | — | — |
| 13 June 1995 | United States | Bon Jovi | These Days Tour | Van Halen | — | — |
| 13 September 1997 |  Ireland | U2 | Popmart Tour | Placebo | 60,096 / 60,096 | $2,281,165 |
| 20 July 1998 | United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | Bridges to Babylon Tour | Hothouse Flowers | 52,375 / 52,375 | $2,464,319 |
| 17 May 2003 | United States | Bruce Springsteen | The Rising Tour | — | — | — |
| 21 June 2003 | Metallica | Summer Sanitarium Tour | — | — | — | |
| 29 June 2003 | United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | Licks World Tour | — | — | — |
| 2 July 2003 | Spain | El Canto del Loco La Oreja de Van Gogh | MoviStar Activa | — | — | — |
| 21 June 2007 | United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | Jet,Biffy Clyro,Loquillo y los Trogloditas | — | — |
| 30 June 2007 |  Mexico | RBD | Celestial World Tour | Diego Boneta | — | — |
| 27 September 2007 | United Kingdom | The Police | Reunion Tour | Fiction Plane | 54,553 / 54,553 | $5,554,320 |
| 1 June 2008 | United States | Bon Jovi | Lost Highway Tour | NoWayOut,Sabia | 46,255 / 46,255 | $4,046,421 |
| 7 June 2009 |  Australia | AC/DC | Black Ice Tour | The Answer | 64,196 / 64,376 | $5,906,138 |
| 21 July 2009 | United States | Madonna | Sticky & Sweet Tour | Paul Oakenfold | 44,811 / 44,811 | $5,010,557 |
| 4 September 2009 | United Kingdom | Coldplay | Viva la Vida Tour | The Flaming Lips | 63,306 / 64,376 | $4,554,068 |
| 3 December 2009 | The Prodigy | European Stadium Tour | Enter Shikari | — | — | |
| 4 December 2009 | United States | Marilyn Manson | The High End of Low Tour | esOterica | — | — |
| 9 April 2011 | We Are Scientists | Brain Thrust Mastery Tour | Els Pets | — | — | |
| 29 May 2011 |  Colombia | Shakira | The Sun Comes Out World Tour | — | 24,112 / 43,500 | $612,989 |
| 27 July 2011 | United States | Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi Live | The Rebels, The Monomes | 39,992 / 39,992 | $3,021,325 |
| 17 May 2012 | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball Tour | — | 79,430 / 86,000 | $6,692,818 | |
| 18 May 2012 | ||||||
| 7 June 2013 | United Kingdom | Muse | The 2nd Law World Tour | You Don't Know Me | — | — |
| 8 July 2014 | One Direction | Where We Are Tour | 5 Seconds of Summer,Abraham Mateo | 40,333 / 40,333 | $3,391,560 | |
| 29 May 2015 | Australia | AC/DC | Rock or Bust World Tour | Vintage Trouble | 60,000 / 60,000 | — |
| 26 May 2016 | United Kingdom | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams Tour | Alessia Cara Lianne La Havas | 111,261 / 111,261 | $9,734,130 |
| 27 May 2016 | ||||||
| 3 August 2016 | United States | Beyoncé | The Formation World Tour | Chloe x Halle | 45,346 / 45,346 | $4,806,995 |
| 18 July 2017 | Ireland | U2 | The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | 54,551 / 54,551 | $5,930,076 |
| 27 September 2017 | United Kingdom | The Rolling Stones | No Filter Tour | Los Zigarros | 58,622 / 58,622 | $8,769,703 |
| 20 June 2018 | United States | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic World Tour | DNCE | — | — |
| 1 July 2018 | Guns N' Roses | Not in This Lifetime Tour | Volbeat,Nothing More | 48,649 / 48,649 | $4,370,000 | |
| 11 July 2018 | BeyoncéJay-Z | On The Run II Tour | — | 46,982 / 46,982 | $4,733,549 | |
| 5 May 2019 | Metallica | WorldWired Tour | Ghost,Bokassa | 51,799 / 53,760 | $5,285,919 | |
| 7 June 2019 | United Kingdom | Ed Sheeran | Divide Tour | Anne-Marie,James Bay | 54,658 / 54,658 | $4,126,520 |
| 7 June 2022 | United States | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Unlimited Love Tour | Nas,Thundercat | — | — |
| 29 July 2022 | United Kingdom | Iron Maiden | Legacy of the Beast World Tour | Within Temptation,Airbourne | — | — |
| 28 April 2023 | United States | Bruce Springsteen | 2023–2025 Tour | — | — | — |
| 30 April 2023 | ||||||
| 24 May 2023 | United Kingdom | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour | Chvrches Porij | 224,761 / 224,761 | $27,262,896 |
| 25 May 2023 | ||||||
| 27 May 2023 | ||||||
| 28 May 2023 | ||||||
| 8 June 2023 | United States | Beyoncé | Renaissance World Tour | Arca | 52,889 / 52,889 | $7,395,529 |
| 12 July 2023 | United Kingdom | Harry Styles | Love On Tour | Wet Leg | — | — |
| 20 July 2023 |  Canada | The Weeknd | After Hours til Dawn Tour | Kaytranada,Mike Dean | 54,017 / 54,017 | $5,484,112 |
| 11 June 2024 |  Germany | Rammstein | Rammstein Stadium Tour | — | — | — |
| 20 June 2024 | United States | Bruce Springsteen | 2023–2025 Tour | — | — | — |
| 22 June 2024 | — | — | ||||
| 10 July 2024 | Spain | Estopa | Gira 25 Aniversario | — | — | — |
| 9 June 2025 | United States | Guns N' Roses | 2025 Tour | Rival Sons | — | — |
| 1 July 2025 | Imagine Dragons | Loom World Tour | Declan McKenna | — | — | |
| 10 July 2025 | Spain | Lola Indigo | La Bruja, La Niña y El Dragón | — | — | — |
| 19 July 2025 | Aitana | Metamorfosis Season | Julieta | 48.000 | — | |
| 30 July 2025 | United States | Kendrick Lamar +SZA | Grand National Tour | Mustard | — | — |
| 9 August 2025 |  South Korea | Blackpink | Deadline World Tour | — | — | — |
| 12 September 2025 | United States | Post Malone | Big Ass Stadium Tour | Jelly Roll | — | — |
| 3 May 2026 | Spain | El Último de la Fila | 2026 Tour | — | — | — |
| 7 May 2026 | — | — | ||||
| 22 May 2026 |  Puerto Rico | Bad Bunny | Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour | — | — | — |
| 23 May 2026 | — | — | ||||
| 1 September 2026 | Canada | The Weeknd | After Hours til Dawn Tour | Playboi Carti | — | — |
| 5 October 2026 | Spain | Oques Grasses | — | — | — | — |
| 7 October 2026 | — | — | ||||
| 9 October 2026 | — | — | ||||
| 10 October 2026 | — | — |
| Preceded by | Summer Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies (Olympic Stadium) 1992 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Olympic Athletics competitions Main Venue 1992 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | European Athletics Championships Main Venue 2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics Main Venue 2012 | Succeeded by |
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