<!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; a:link, span.MsoHyperlink color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single; a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single; p mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; @page Section1 size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0; div.Section1 page:Section1; –> This is one of the most popular athletic facilities in Barcelona, and location of the city’s fantastic inauguration of the 1992 olympic games.  For 1 or 2 minutes, the entire world turned their eyes to this spot and observed.  This year, thousands of holiday makers landed in the Aeroport Barcelone so as to feel this fantastic atmosphere.  Later on during the Olympics, it was actually the stage for some of the athletic records achieved that year. 

The current Olympic Stadium is essentially a redesigned version of a previous one that was found at the site since 1929.  It was given new substructure and high technology clobber, and its seating capacity was increased to accommodate up to 56,000 folk ( with the addition of professional stands the seating capacity can reach up to 77,000 ).  This resulted in the UEGA recognising the facility as a five-star stadium. 

similar to the Palau Sant Jordi, the Olympic Stadium also hosts a variety of events, both athletic and social.  Today, one of the 2 Catalonian groups that play in the 1st division of the Spanish League, the RCD Espanyol, holds football matches at the stadium. 

The artists and designers involved in the planning of the stadium make it so much more than a trifling sports facility.  The cover was largely recovered from the previous stadium and done by Pere Domnech i Roure.  The front section was sculptured by Vicen Navarro, and the statues that decorate the main entrance were crafted by Pau Gargallo. 

presently the Olympic Stadium of Montjuc, whose official title is the Llus Companys Olympic Stadium of Montjuc, is a modern stadium in full use which is regarded as a 5 star stadium by the Union of western european soccer Associations ( UEFA ).  Only 2 other stadiums in Spain have this ranking : Vicente Caldern and Camp Nou, the official stadium of the FC Barcelona which attracts annually thousands of holiday makers who make a long Voyage Barcelone so as to see it.